- Date
- February 19, 1976
- Place
- Waco, TX · WACO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7721JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760219032339A
- Case key
- 152646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2836 76/2/19 WACO,TX PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2243 N7721J PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 32, 7951 TOTAL HOURS, 503 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADISON COOPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WACO,TX AUSTIN,TX TEMPLE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT DIDNT DRAIN TNKS AFTR FUEL PUT IN WNG TIP TNKS WHICH HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR PERIOD OF TIME
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7721J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Madison Cooper
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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.