Piper PA-32 N55848
7 November 1973 · Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 November 1973 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N55848, operated by Longview Piper, was involved in an accident during in flight near Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N55848
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Longview Piper
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Brownsville, Tex → Waco, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3501
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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
AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS WHILE CLBG THRU 4000FT MSL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Topeka, Kansas, United States | Allen Aviation | No injuries | - |
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| 24 May 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Humacao, Puerto Rico, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Savery, Wyoming, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Grnd Canyon, Arizona, United States | Grand Canyon A | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-32 | Ennis, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |