NTSB Identification: FTW83LA038
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, November 18, 1982 in SANDERSON, TX
Probable Cause Approval Date: 11/18/1983
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-151, registration: N5914F
Injuries: 2 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. AFTER VERIFYING HIS LOCATION THE PILOT TOOKOFF, MADE A SHARP PULLUP TO AVOID A ROADSIDE REFLECTOR, SETTLED BACK TO THE ROAD SURFACE AND HIT A POLE. THE PILOT VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
STALL..INADVERTENT..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
PULL-UP..ATTEMPTED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..UTILITY POLE
Contributing Factors
LIGHT CONDITION..DARK NIGHT
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..GROUND
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