- Date
- March 14, 1979
- Place
- Denver City, TX · DENVER CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N777RGPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790314004709A
- Case key
- 137562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0535 79/3/14 DENVER CITY,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 16626 TIME - 1530 N777RG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENVER CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDREWS,TX DENVER CITY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777RG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Denver City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N777RG · 1
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