- Date
- March 20, 1964
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2557APiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185116
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0673 64/3/20 SWEETWATER TEX PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 500 TIME - 0010 N2557A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SWEETWATER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2557A
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sweetwater
N2557ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N2557A · 1
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