- Date
- April 16, 1967
- Place
- Stamford, TX · STAMFORD, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5697PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1218 67/4/16 STAMFORD, TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 314 TIME - 1630 N5697P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 249 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON HIWAY. CROSSWIND 15 KTS. ACFT STRUCK FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5697P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5697PRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2007 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5697P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DFW07CA034Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportJacksboro, TXThe pilot's improper fuel calculations, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the unsuitable terrain encountered during the emergency landing.NTSB FTW83LA013Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHouston, TXThe pilot had taxied onto taxiway lima and had stopped short of runway 13R/31L to hold for landing traffic. At about the same time, an airport employee was proceeding down the runway from northwest to southeast to check the runway lights. The ground…NTSB FTW70F0320Accident · No injuriesClosedCrane, TX