- Date
- April 27, 1971
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2457APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1407 71/4/27 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1057 N2457A PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 20, 492 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAS CORPUS CHRIST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT INITIATED FLT W/LITTLE OR NO FUEL ON BOARD. LND 400 FT SHT OF RWY,HIT R/R TRACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2457A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nas Corpus Christ
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.