- Date
- July 12, 1979
- Place
- Graford, TX · GRAFORD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7992YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790712032709A
- Case key
- 134264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2934 79/7/12 GRAFORD,TX PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 4191 TIME - 1945 N7992Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2691 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VILLA MARINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA FALLS,TX GRAFORD,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7992Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Villa Marina
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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