- Date
- January 24, 1977
- Place
- Denton, TX · DENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1986TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770124000549A
- Case key
- 156905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0051 77/1/24 DENTON,TX PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N1986T PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 36, 360 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENTON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TX DENTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT OVERSHOT RWY BECAUSE OF OTHER TRAFFIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1986T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Denton Municipal
N1986TRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2012 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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 N1986T · 1
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