Piper PA-32 N8997N
4 December 1970 · Mountain Home, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 December 1970 at about 13:35 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N8997N, operated by Wes-Tex Aircra, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Mountain Home, Texas, United States. 4 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 13:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mountain Home, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Y.o.ranch
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N8997N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Wes-Tex Aircra
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Lubbock, Tex → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4335
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
HIT BOULDER. PVT STRIP LAND AT OWN RISK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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