Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Paris, Texas 75460
Thursday, September 16, 1982 17:35 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PA-24 HAD DEPARTED RWY 17 AT COX FIELD & WAS CLIMBING AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION. THE PLT HAD REPORTED HIS INTENDED DEPARTURE ON UNICOM. THE AA5B HAD REPORTED 5 MI SW OF THE ARPT DESCENDING THROUGH 5,000 FT FOR LANDING. THE HEAD-ON COLLISION OCCURRED AT 5,000 FT. APPROXIMATELY 3 FT OF THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE PA-24 RIGHT WING SEPARATED & THE ACFT SPUN TO THE GROUND. THE AA5B WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/16/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1735 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | PARIS |
| Event State | TEXAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 75460 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1740 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PRX |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 4500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 84 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 80 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 15 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 3359 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 31 2002 4:04PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N300AH | N1531R |
| NTSB Number | FTW82FA382A | FTW82FA382B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER | GRUMMAN |
| Aircraft Model | PA-24-260 | AA5B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-24-260 | AA5B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 24-4828 | 0031 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3200 | 2000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 30 | 20 |
| Airframe Hours | 2983 | 926 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ESSARY DRYWALL INC. | CECIL D. HUNEYCUTT |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 519 | 15B EAST PLAZA |
| Aircraft Owner City | DUNCANVILLE | PARIS |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 75116 | 75460 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ESSARY DRYWALL INC. | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 519 | |
| Operator City | DUNCANVILLE | |
| Operator State | TX | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 75116 | |
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ||
| Departure City | PARIS | MCKINNEY |
| Departure State | TX | TX |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1730 | 1650 |
| Departure Time Zone | ||
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ||
| Destination City | DALLAS | DALLAS |
| Destination State | TX | TX |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |