- Date
- May 26, 1975
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX · GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1833JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750526013219A
- Case key
- 148812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1438 75/5/26 NR.GRAND PRAIRIE,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 255 TIME - 1715 N1833J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND PRAIRIE MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ARLINGTON,TX LOCAL GRAND PRAIRIE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DID NOT RECOGNIZE WATER IN FUEL DRAINED DURING PRE-FLT. LND NOSE GR FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1833J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Prairie Mun
N1833JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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