- Date
- May 14, 1981
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5781UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810514025239A
- Case key
- 126081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0986 81/5/14 EL PASO,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 9115 TIME - 1456 N5781U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION TERRAIN - SANDY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SAND DUNES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5781U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- El Paso Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5781U · 1
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