- Date
- March 24, 1975
- Place
- Wayside, TX · WAYSIDE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6711PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750324009239A
- Case key
- 146842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0989 75/3/24 WAYSIDE,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 1133 TIME - 1650 N6711P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX AMARILLO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH ROAD SIGN. LEFT TANK FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE SHORTED ELECTRICALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6711P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6711PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
Other investigations on N6711P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL89LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFt Mill, SCTwo days before the acdnt, the plt had fueled the acft to capacity & flown it a short distance to his house at a pvt airstrip. After the flt, he noticed fuel on the tops of both wings, aft of the fuel filler caps. He was aware that fuel had leaked from the…NTSB UNK66X0115Accident · No injuriesClosedCiudad Anahac, MexicoNTSB UNK64X1585Accident · No injuriesClosedAustin, TX