- Date
- April 3, 1967
- Place
- Wellman, TX · WELLMAN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6565PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1083 67/4/3 WELLMAN, TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 310 TIME - 2345 N6565P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 123 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 GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT TANK, DRY. RT TANK FULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6565P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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