- Date
- July 17, 1964
- Place
- Marlin, TX · MARLIN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8079PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2107 64/7/17 MARLIN TEX PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 137 TIME - 1500 N8079P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARLIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SKY CONDITION VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3 MILES OR LESS PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE NONE NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8079P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marlin