- Date
- September 9, 1977
- Place
- Richmond, TX · RICHMOND, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56667Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770909035379A
- Case key
- 145591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3511 77/9/9 RICHMOND,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 212 TIME - 1330 N56667 PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56667
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N56667Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2011 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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