- Date
- October 31, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Terrell, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6393PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851031055889A
- Case key
- 21921
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft traveled through a barbed wire fence during a forced landing short of rwy 35 at Terrell arpt. When aprx 1 mile from the arpt, the eng quit. The plt was unable to move the fuel selector, however, by applying a full rich mixture and turning on the boost pump, the plt was able to regain eng pwr. As the turn onto final apch was made the eng quit again. The acft touched down 700 ft short of the rwy. The fuel selector was dismantled after the accident and reworked in accordance with Piper service bulletin no. 354B.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6393P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-250
- Airframe hours
- 684
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1C5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paula Collins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- TRL · Terrell, runway 36, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 23 in this make and model · 178 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.