- Date
- August 23, 1980
- Place
- Knox City, TX · KNOX CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57746Piper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800823037029A
- Case key
- 134040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2972 80/8/23 KNOX CITY,TX PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 7865 TIME - 1700 N57746 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2300 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KNOX CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOX CITY,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 100 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- PLT RPRTD UN TO MAINT ALT NR TSTM W FULL PWR AT 110KTS.D/A APRX 4500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57746
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Knox City Muni
N57746Registered now · Piper PA-36-285Airframe modelPiper PA-36-285Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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