- Date
- March 18, 1972
- Place
- Del Rio, TX · DEL RIO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1866TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166785
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0012 72/3/18 DEL RIO,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2240 N1866T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 37, 6130 TOTAL HOURS, 310 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LAUGHLIN AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TEX DEL RIO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1866T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Laughlin Afb