- Date
- April 11, 1979
- Place
- Grandbury, TX · GRANDBURY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4742APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790411006679A
- Case key
- 136960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0725 79/4/11 GRANDBURY,TX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1230 N4742A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 57, 29700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 351 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRANDBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HICO,TX GRANDBURY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4742A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grandbury
N4742ARegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · 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.