- Date
- November 3, 1976
- Place
- Anson, TX · ANSON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9733PPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761103035309A
- Case key
- 156477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3297 76/11/3 ANSON,TX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6536 TIME - 1630 N9733P PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANSON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL 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 REMARKS- TESTING EQUIPMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9733P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steen
N9733PRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Piper PA-25-260Airframe modelPiper PA-25-260Engine 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 N9733P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DFW08LA013Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHouston, TXThe pilot's failure to properly position the fuel tank selector before takeoff. Contributing to the accident were the non suitable terrain for the forced landing and fuel starvation.NTSB FTW79DPD20Accident · No injuriesClosedAnson, TXNTSB FTW78DPD03Accident · No injuriesClosedAnson, TX