- Date
- October 17, 1981
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2359KPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811017068089A
- Case key
- 123231
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2507 81/10/17 LAKE CHARLES,LA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N2359K PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 22, 359 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 49 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCFILLEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R TANK RAN DRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2359K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcfillen
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2359K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI88LA069Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMinneapolis, MNStudent pilot stated that airplane went off runway at 50 KIAS after losing control during landing rollout. Airplane sustained substantial damaged when nose gear collapsed.NTSB CHI81FER32Accident · No injuriesClosedBlaine, MN