- Date
- August 30, 1980
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47732Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800830038659A
- Case key
- 129455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1902 80/8/30 NR.HOUSTON,TX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1078 TIME - 1630 N47732 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDRAU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICTORIA,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- COLLIDED W BEECH 65-A90,N3DF,SUBSTANTIAL DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47732
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Andrau
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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.