- Date
- December 5, 1978
- Place
- Levelland, TX · LEVELLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5407PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781205037279A
- Case key
- 143954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3291 78/12/5 LEVELLAND,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 596 TIME - 1945 N5407P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 197 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEVELLAND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORTON,TX LEVELLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5407P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Levelland Muni
N5407PRegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5407P · 1
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