- Date
- May 26, 1989, 19:00 local (May 27, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crosbyton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7648DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22871
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Probable cause
The pilot's judgement of altitude and distance while on an approach to land. Factors related to the accident were: the high wind, transmission line, and airport fuel tank.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was returning from a local flight when a frontal system passed through the area. He approached the airport from the west & was on short final when the acft struck a 30 ft high power line with the nose strut. The aircraft then descended & struck a fuel tank prior to impacting the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7648D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5357
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 9, 2,640 × 20 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,138 total · 600 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg