- Date
- December 5, 1978
- Place
- Pearland, TX · PEARLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1140QPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781205036209A
- Case key
- 144030
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3289 78/12/5 PEARLAND,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 148 TIME - 1000 N1140Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOUSTON,TX LOCAL PEARLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- METAL TRASH CONTAINER.PLT THOUGHT HE RAN OVER CHUCKHOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1140Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearland
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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.