- Date
- March 12, 1973
- Place
- Bayview, TX · BAYVIEW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2911PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730312005359A
- Case key
- 169929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0400 73/3/12 BAYVIEW,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N2911P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 4540 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 440 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT ISABEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS FRESNOS,TEX BAYVIEW,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT HAD PWR LOSS ON PREVIOUS FLT,REASON NOT DETERMINED BY MAINT PERSONNEL.RLSD ACFT FOR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2911P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Isabel
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.