- Date
- January 8, 1980
- Place
- Ft Worth, TX · FT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2021PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800108000469A
- Case key
- 131438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0883 80/1/8 FT WORTH,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1119 N2021P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 58, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEACHAM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WORTH,TX FT WORTH,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PWR REDUCTION HEARD IMMED AFTR TKOF.PLT AT CTLS UNK.L ENG CARB ACCELERATOR PUMP LINKAGE MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2021P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meacham Field
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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.