- Date
- August 17, 1979
- Place
- Springtown, TX · SPRINGTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2573DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790817026269A
- Case key
- 134709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2145 79/8/17 SPRINGTOWN,TX PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 150 TIME - 1545 N2573D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEZER AIR RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGTOWN,TX FT.WORTH,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT STATED ENG WAS NOT DEVELOPING FULL PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2573D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kezer Air Ranch
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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.