- Date
- June 27, 1978
- Place
- Hebbronville, TX · HEBBRONVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7504RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780627022869A
- Case key
- 141443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1796 78/6/27 NR.HEBBRONVILLE,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 73, 660 TIME - 0544 N7504R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TX EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR HYPERTENSION & CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS PROBLEMS FOUND IN WRECKAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7504R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7504RRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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