- Date
- March 23, 1974
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX · LOS FRESNOS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3145ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740323006039A
- Case key
- 186611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 74/3/23 LOS FRESNOS,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N3145Z PX- 0 0 2 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 26, 2300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TEX BROWNSVILLE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND ON ABANDONED AG STRIP & ROLLED INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3145Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3145ZRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2022 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.