- Date
- May 22, 1979
- Place
- Anson, TX · ANSON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9733PPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790522013179A
- Case key
- 136297
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1223 79/5/22 ANSON,TX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1725 N9733P PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 31, 1890 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 621 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITTARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANSON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9733P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pittard
N9733PRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Piper PA-25-260Airframe modelPiper PA-25-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 N9733P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DFW08LA013Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHouston, TXThe pilot's failure to properly position the fuel tank selector before takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the non suitable terrain for the forced landing and fuel starvation.NTSB FTW78DPD03Accident · No injuriesClosedAnson, TXNTSB FTW77FPD04Accident · No injuriesClosedAnson, TX