- Date
- September 7, 1972
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6380RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168351
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3391 72/9/7 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 2100 N6380R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 169 TOTAL HOURS, 25 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD, DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CLOVER FIELD,TEX CLOVER FIELD TEXAS CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- RAN DRY ON ONE TNK.FAILED CHANGE OVER IN TIME.FORCED TO LND DWN WND.OVERRAN RNWY.FACTOR DARKNESS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6380R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover Field,
N6380RRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
Other investigations on N6380R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.