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FTW84FA057

1983-11-15 · CHILDRESS, Texas, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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Factual narrative

THE PLT CONTACTE FSS REQUESTING INFO AS TO FUEL SERVICE. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE RWY LIGHTS AT CHILDRESS ARPT WAS OUT OF SERVICE. ABOUT 34 MIN LATER THE PLT STATED HIS ENG HAD QUIT & HE WOULD TRY TO MAKE THE ARPT. THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK POWER LINES ABOUT 2 MI NE OF THE ARPT. ABOUT 1/2 CUP OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FUEL TANKS. THREE SACKS OF MARIJUANA WERE ON BOARD. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_FTW84FA057.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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