- Date
- February 4, 1973
- Place
- Odessa, TX · ODESSA, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5046SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169845
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0474 73/2/4 ODESSA,TEX PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 135 TIME - 1815 N5046S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ECTOR COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ODESSA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT SWITCHED TANKS ON DWNWD LEG,ENG FAILED TO DEVELOP PWR ON BASE.LNDD IN BRUSH CVRD AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5046S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ector County
N5046SRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2018 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1D
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