- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Place
- Denver City, TX · DENVER CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8986WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761014033299A
- Case key
- 155984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3118 76/10/14 DENVER CITY,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N8986W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENVER CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDREWS,TX DENVER CITY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PWR LINES NR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8986W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Denver City
N8986WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.