- Date
- February 26, 1967
- Place
- San Marcos, TX · SAN MARCOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8594PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0613 67/2/26 SAN MARCOS, TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 4000 TIME - 2130 N8594P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY AAF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- FUEL DRAIN TUBE DISCONNECTED. FUEL PUDDLED IN BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE. PLT LIT CIGARETTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8594P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gary Aaf
N8594PRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Piper PA-24-400Airframe modelPiper PA-24-400Engine modelLycoming IO-720 series
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