- Date
- December 22, 1977
- Place
- Giddings, TX · GIDDINGS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N116MMPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771222039959A
- Case key
- 144415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3767 77/12/22 GIDDINGS,TX PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1242 N116MM PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 23, 1989 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 176 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX AUSTIN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116MM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lee County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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