19810126001829A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Rkwell 700 · Palacios, TX · January 26, 1981

Date
January 26, 1981 · 16:40 local
Place
Palacios, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N703SA
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FRA15
Reported as
Rkwell 700
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,034 total410 in this make and model70 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.

Engines quit on takeoff. Crash-landed. Airplane had been serviced with jet a fuel. Pilot failed to check fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINES QUIT ON TAKEOFF. CRASH-LANDED. AIRPLANE HAD BEEN SERVICED WITH JET A FUEL. PILOT FAILED TO CHECK FUEL.

NTSB investigation

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