ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13453
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Friday 27 August 1965 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Type: | Piper PA-30 |
Owner/operator: | Amarillo Mooney Association Inc |
Registration: | N7229Y |
MSN: | 30-253 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lowake Inn Steak House & Air Strip, Lowake, Near Rowena, Texas -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Lowake Inn Steak House & Air Strip, near Rowena, Texas |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) August 27 1965 when crashed (stalled and spun in) due to engine failure during initial climb out from a grass airstrip at the Lowake Inn Steak House & Air Strip, Lowake, Concho County, near Rowena, Texas (at approximate Coordinates: 31°33′59″N 100°4′33″W).
According to the following extract from the official NTSB report into the accident: "POWER PLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS; IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT; COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAME OUT IN #1 ENGINE"
Of the four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) two - the pilot and one passenger - were killed. The other two passengers were seriously injured. Registration N7229Y cancelled by the FAA on November 4 1965
Accident investigation:
|
| |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW66A0024 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
|
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW66A0024 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=73288&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=7229Y 3.
https://onespotter.com/aircraft/fid/926867/N7229Y 4.
http://whoseplane.com/info/n-number/N7229Y.html 5.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tx/N7229Y/ 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowake,_Texas Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Mar-2016 22:07 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation