- Date
- December 1, 1980
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6536APiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801201075739A
- Case key
- 127933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3349 80/12/1 NR.CORPUS CHRISTI,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0740 N6536A PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRISTI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CORPUS CHRISTI,TX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- NO FUEL IN R WING,L WING & FUEL CELL RUPTURE WHEN ACFT HIT BRIDGE.PLT ABANDONED ACFT W MARIJUANA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6536A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Christi
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.