Piper-Aerostar 601P N6069H
4 April 1982 · Aspermont, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 April 1982 at about 20:42 local time, a Piper-Aerostar 601P registered N6069H, operated by Dennis A. Dube, was involved in an accident near Aspermont, Texas, United States. 5 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 20:42
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Aspermont, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dixon (6F8)
- Coordinates
- 33.1305, -100.2204
- Aircraft
- Piper-Aerostar 601P
- Registration
- N6069H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Dennis A. Dube
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Abilene → Farmington
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW82DA112
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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
THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCAL WIND CONDITIONS AND ESTIMATED THE WIND AS GUSTY, 10 TO 25 KNOTS. HE STATED A POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR BROUGHT ABOUT A SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HARDER THAN NORMAL AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT SOIL AND THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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