# Incident 19960714025249I: Piper PA30, Fort Worth, TX, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 23:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8597Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8597Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 16 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714025249I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON 07-14-96, AT 2300, A PIPER TWIN COMANCHE, PA-30, OWNED BY YAUK MANAGEMENT AND LEASING, INC., LANDED GEAR UP AT FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TX. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TX ON 07-14-96. INVESTIGATION REVEALED PILOT WAS PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE OPERATIONS. WHEN LEFT THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO SET ZERO THRUST CONDITION, ENGINE QUIT. RESTART ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO BATTERY BEING DEPLETED AND CIRCUIT BREAKER ON GENERATOR ON OPERATING ENGINE BEING TRIPPED. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8597Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750904033169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750904033169A), Sep 4, 1975: Piper PA30 (N8597Y), Lames, TX, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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