- Date
- August 11, 1978
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7835DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780811020889A
- Case key
- 140503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1955 78/8/11 EL PASO,TX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 104 TIME - 2113 N7835D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7835D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Paso Intl
N7835DRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2021 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine 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.
Other investigations on N7835D · 2
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