- Date
- September 19, 1981
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2156HPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810919059779A
- Case key
- 122966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3129 81/9/19 DALLAS,TX PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 129 TIME - 2017 N2156H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALLAS-FT WORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAPE GIRARDEAU,MO DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT PITCHED OVER 45 SEC AFTR PASSAGE OF B-727- ACFT WAS NOT UNDER ATC CONTROL.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2156H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dallas-Ft Worth
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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.