- Date
- June 26, 1978
- Place
- Spearman, TX · SPEARMAN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3079TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780626020069A
- Case key
- 141359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1655 78/6/26 SPEARMAN,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N3079T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPEARMAN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TX SPEARMAN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3079T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spearman Muni
N3079TRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2009 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.