- Date
- February 25, 1966
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8328PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1359 66/2/25 LUBBOCK TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1625 N8328P PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 631 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 186 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUBBOCK MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAIN REAR WING SPARS DEFORMED DURING LANDING IN DEEP PLOWED FIELD.MINOR DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8328P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lubbock Municipal
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