Piper PA-28 N5540W
2 January 1971 · Leakey, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 2 January 1971 at about 11:00 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N5540W was involved in an accident during in flight near Leakey, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Leakey, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Flying J Ranch
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28
- Registration
- N5540W
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Fort Stockton, Tex → Sabinal, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0324
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
RCVRY DATE 1/3/71.FLT BTWN 2 LAYERS OF CLOUDS, DRDSCNT THRU LOWER LAYER ACFT HIT HILL 1700FT MSL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar 1971 | Piper PA-28 | Meridianville, Alabama, United States | Fayetteville F | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jul 1971 | Piper PA-28 | Wanaque, New Jersey, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Jul 1971 | Piper PA-28 | Price, Utah, United States | Dewey Aviation | Fatal | 4 |
| 27 Sep 1971 | Piper PA-28 | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | Alaska Aeromar | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Mar 1971 | Piper PA-28 | Fitzgerald, Georgia, United States | Colony Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 21 Apr 1971 | Piper PA-28 | Grimes, Iowa, United States | DES Moines Fly | No injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |