- Date
- April 27, 1964
- Place
- Texas City, TX · TEXAS CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5282ZPiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184420
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1055 64/4/27 TEXAS CITY TEX PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 150 TIME - 1745 N5282Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULF COAST TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5282Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gulf Coast
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