- Date
- April 26, 1981
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N124EAPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810426018659A
- Case key
- 126687
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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 81/4/26 HOUSTON,TX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N124EA PX- 0 1 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 32, 2927 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1114 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX AUSTIN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) COPILOT - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REFUELED WITH JET A.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N124EA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hobby
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.