- Date
- February 16, 1979
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX · NEW BRAUNFELS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9779QAerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790216007679A
- Case key
- 137605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0580 79/2/16 NR.NEW BRAUNFELS,TX AEROSTAR 601P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1200 TIME - 1435 N9779Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX LAKE CHARLES,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ON DAY PRIOR TO ACDNT FLT INSTR RCMDD PILOT NOT FLY IFR TIL 10HRS ADDN DUAL INSTR RECIEVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9779Q
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- 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.