Date:	Friday 13 February 1981
Time:	22:40
Type:	Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N9242T
MSN:	38-78A0290
Engine model:	Lycoming O-235
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Del Rio International Airport, 2 miles NW of Del Rio, Val Verde County -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hereford Municipal Airport, Hereford, Texas (KHRX)
Destination airport:	Del Rio International Airport, Del Rio, Texas (KDRT)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
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"

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

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, ]