19800321007039A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Houston, TX · March 21, 1980

Date
March 21, 1980 · 19:49 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Hobby
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EAGX
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N59932
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80AA057
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
5
Pilot’s flight hours
4,313 total831 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Overloaded. Lost engine. No emergency procedures. Downwind turn into dead engine. Hit vehicles on ramp.

As the FAA filed it

OVERLOADED. LOST ENGINE. NO EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. DOWNWIND TURN INTO DEAD ENGINE. HIT VEHICLES ON RAMP.

NTSB investigation

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