- Date
- November 22, 1977
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6693PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771122037149A
- Case key
- 144664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3579 77/11/22 HOUSTON,TX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2233 N6693P PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS AGE 54, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUSTON INTERCNTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX CISCO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LEFT FUEL TANK FOUND EMPTY,FUEL SEL ON LEFT TANK. RIGHT TANK FULL WITHIN 2INCHES OF TOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6693P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Houston Intercntl
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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.