- Date
- January 14, 1977
- Place
- Port Lavaca, TX · PORT LAVACA, TX
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82037Piper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770114004999A
- Case key
- 156973
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0385 77/1/14 PORT LAVACA,TX PIPER PA-31T CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1560 TIME - 1415 N82037 PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALHOUN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX PORT LAVACA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOTAM SHOWING RWY CLOSED WAS AVAILABLE TO PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82037
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Calhoun County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.