- Date
- July 21, 1978
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9958PPiper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780721020719A
- Case key
- 140653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2109 78/7/21 LUBBOCK,TX PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N9958P PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 52, 10114 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 480 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUBBOCK REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUBBOCK,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PUMPS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT CERT EXP.HYD PUMP MAX CONTINUOUS TORQUE EXCEEDED FAILING FUEL PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9958P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lubbock Regional
N9958PRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Piper PA-36-285Airframe modelPiper PA-36-285Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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.