19760219032339A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Waco, TX · February 19, 1976

Date
February 19, 1976
Place
Waco, TX
Airport
Madison Cooper
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7721J
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW76AF066
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,951 total502 in this make and model105 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plt didnt drain tnks aftr fuel put in wng tip tnks which had been empty for period of time

As the FAA filed it

PLT DIDNT DRAIN TNKS AFTR FUEL PUT IN WNG TIP TNKS WHICH HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR PERIOD OF TIME

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.