- Date
- June 1, 1978
- Place
- Laredo, TX · LAREDO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9144YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780601012269A
- Case key
- 141666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1019 78/6/1 LAREDO,TX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2220 N9144Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 34, 6210 TOTAL HOURS, 16 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IXTLAHVACOU,MEXC LAREDO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CIRCUMNAVIGATED RAIN & TSTMS ENROUTE OVER MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9144Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- International
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.