Piper PA-32 N3782W
3 December 1972 · Baytown, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 December 1972 at about 18:24 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3782W was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Baytown, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:24
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Baytown, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Humphrey
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N3782W
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Seguin, Tex → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3743
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 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
DESCENDED INTO GRND IN FOG TRYING TO LND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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