- Date
- March 17, 1979
- Place
- Gladewater, TX · GLADEWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N936APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790317006119A
- Case key
- 137602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0578 79/3/17 GLADEWATER,TX PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 1076 TIME - 1800 N936A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLADEWATER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLADEWATER,TX MOUNT PLEASANT,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N936A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gladewater Muni
N936ARegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2018 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine 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.