- Date
- December 15, 1979
- Place
- Sonora, TX · SONORA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N57329Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791215036999A
- Case key
- 132955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3113 79/12/15 NR.SONORA,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 30 TOTAL TIME - 0005 N57329 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANO,TX SONORA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- IP DENIED STUDENT PERMISSION FOR CROSS-COUNTRY DUE TO WX.STUDENT DEPARTED IN STOLEN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57329
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N57329Registration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.