- Date
- May 22, 1981
- Place
- Dalhart, TX · DALHART, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32240Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810522029009A
- Case key
- 125571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1274 81/5/22 DALHART,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1452 N32240 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 934 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALHART,TX PAMPA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PASTURE WITH ROAD AND DITCH ACROSS LANDING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32240
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- 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.