- Date
- January 12, 1979
- Place
- Acuff, TX · ACUFF, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6792YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790112005649A
- Case key
- 137926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0333 79/1/12 ACUFF,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N6792Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 28, 2208 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 503 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,IN ACUFF,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 10GAL FUEL L INBOARD TANK,1PT L OUTBOARD,R INBOARD 3/4GAL,R OUTBOARD 6GAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6792Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.