- Date
- July 14, 1984, 19:30 local (Jul 15, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brookshire, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1674Smith Miniplane DSA-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840714034509A
- Case key
- 21389
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Analysis
The acft collided with an unmarked wire after the engine quit on final apch. After the collision the plt was able to level the acft and crash landed about 250 ft short of the rwy. The impact snapped off one gear and folded the other. Theacft skidded to a stop on the grass. The plt thought he could have missed the wire if he had seen it. The plt recommended marker balls on the top wire. According to him the bottom wire was marked which led him to misjudge the clearance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1674
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane DSA-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 14
- Airframe hours
- 229
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter W. Sachse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1984
- Airport
- Sport Flyer Estate, runway 18, 4,000 × ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 496 total · 7 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1674 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.