- Date
- November 12, 1977
- Place
- West Helena, AR · WEST HELENA, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4531XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771112034609A
- Case key
- 144777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3370 77/11/12 NR.WEST HELENA,AR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2240 N4531X PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 57, 1257 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON-ROBBINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST HELENA,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 1 TANK EMPTY.STUDENT INSTRUCTED TO SWITCH TANKS,FAILED TO DO SO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4531X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thompson-Robbins
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.