- Date
- July 26, 1981
- Place
- Ocean Springs, MS · OCEAN SPRINGS, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3135MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810726044419A
- Case key
- 124983
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1624 81/7/26 NR.OCEAN SPRINGS,MS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2000 TIME - 1410 N3135M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULFPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN SPRINGS,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- INTXN TKOF W 1650FT OF RWY RMNG.DITCH AT DEP END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3135M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gulfpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3135M · 1
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