ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376981
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Date: | Sunday 16 June 1985 |
Time: | 17:45 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 |
Owner/operator: | Drw Investments,inc. |
Registration: | N66887 |
MSN: | 31-7405408 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING LTIO-540J2BD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Houston, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Galveston, TX (KGLS) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT STATED HE FIRST SAW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AHEAD OF AND BELOW HIM ON FINAL TO THE RUNWAY. HE MANEUVERED TO ESTABLISH INTERVAL, THEN DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE ADDED FULLTHROTTLES BUT LEFT THE FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN. UNALBE TO CLIMB,HE DECIDED TO LAND BEHIND THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. LANDING SHORT,THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A 1-2 FT LIP AT THE RUNWAY, SHEARING ONE LANDING GEAR AND COLLAPSING ANOTHER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE BUT THE PILOT ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW85LA260 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW85LA260
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