- Date
- February 23, 1980
- Place
- Eagle Pass, TX · EAGLE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38090Piper J4
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800223003839A
- Case key
- 132015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0572 80/2/23 EAGLE PASS,TX PIPER J4 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 378 TIME - 1030 N38090 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE PASS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE PASS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38090
- Reported as
- Piper J4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Pass
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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.