ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13909
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| Date: | Friday 13 February 1981 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9242T |
| MSN: | 38-78A0290 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Del Rio International Airport, 2 miles NW of Del Rio, Val Verde County -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hereford Municipal Airport, Hereford, Texas (KHRX) |
| Del Rio International Airport, Del Rio, Texas (KDRT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 13-02-1981 when stalled and crashed in a forced landing at/near Del Rio International Airport, two miles north west of Del Rio, in Val Verde County, Texas after a total engine failure, caused by fuel exhaustion. The NTSB report attributes the engine failure to "inadequate pre-flight preparation and/or planning, mismagement of fuel and fuel starvation", and notes that the pilot "continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW81FA033 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/Results.aspx?queryId=550bc2b4-076c-4ca3-b499-136bb7fe2810
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9242T
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Feb-2016 22:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2016 23:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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