Piper PA-28 N5903U
29 October 1971 · Tomball, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 29 October 1971 at about 10:30 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N5903U, operated by Houston Northw, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tomball, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board. In all, 3 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tomball, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- David Wayne Hooks
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28
- Registration
- N5903U
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Houston Northw
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4231
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 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
N5903U ON 45 DEG LEG TO DOWNWIND. N1788J ON DOWNWIND LEG. BOTH ACFT MONITORED UNICOM FREQ.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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