- Date
- December 2, 1979
- Place
- San Angelo, TX · SAN ANGELO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N444JWPiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791202041339A
- Case key
- 132777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3869 79/12/2 SAN ANGELO,TX PIPER PA-31T CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 5680 TIME - 1835 N444JW PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 670 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAHIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX SAN ANGELO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444JW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mahis Field
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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.