- Date
- July 21, 1981
- Place
- Gonzales, LA · GONZALES, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9060QPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125073
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1729 81/7/21 NR.GONZALES,LA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 332 TIME - 1251 N9060Q PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINSVILLE,FL HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RECD VECTORS TO PVT STRIP FOR EMERG LNDG,OVERFLEW,UN TO SEE STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9060Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Capozzoli Strip
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