- Date
- October 23, 1979
- Place
- Portland, TX · PORTLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1527PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791023039949A
- Case key
- 132775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3868 79/10/23 PORTLAND,TX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 42, 14 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N1527P PX- 0 0 1 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1527P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hunt
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.