- Date
- July 16, 1978
- Place
- Brownfield, TX · BROWNFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N55469Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780716019209A
- Case key
- 141836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1275 78/7/16 BROWNFIELD,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 29 TOTAL TIME - 1650 N55469 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HEREFORD,TX RETURN MIDLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING REMARKS- SOURCE OF 30% SATURATION OF CO IN BLOOD NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55469
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.