- Date
- February 15, 1981
- Place
- Denton, TX · DENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4912MPiper PA-31P
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810215010589A
- Case key
- 126493
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1275 81/2/15 DENTON,TX PIPER PA-31P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1705 N4912M PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 54, 15338 TOTAL HOURS, 45 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADA,OK DENTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4912M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Denton Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
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