- Date
- April 3, 1977
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8124PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770403011309A
- Case key
- 158081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0864 77/4/3 WICHITA FALLS,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 235 TIME - 1640 N8124P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KICKAPOO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA FALLS,TX FT.WORTH,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8124P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kickapoo
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8124P · 3
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