19771122037149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Houston, TX · November 22, 1977

Date
November 22, 1977
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercntl
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6693P
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW78FRA08
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total1,000 in this make and model140 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.

Left fuel tank found empty,fuel sel on left tank. Right tank full within 2INCHES of top.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT FUEL TANK FOUND EMPTY,FUEL SEL ON LEFT TANK. RIGHT TANK FULL WITHIN 2INCHES OF TOP.

NTSB investigation

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