Piper PA-38-112 N2562K

Summary

On 10 February 1982 at about 02:30 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2562K, operated by Western Airmotive Co. Inc., was involved in an accident near Hickman, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 February 1982 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hickman, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2562K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Western Airmotive Co. Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Riverbank → Oakdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82DA068

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT HAD LANDED AT TURLOCK MUNI ARPT FROM A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT FROM OAKLAND. AFTER ENCOUNTERING DIFFICULTY IN STARTING THE ENGINE, THE PLT DEPARTED TURLOCK FOR OAKDALE. ABOUT 3-5 MIN LATER THE ENGINE SOUNDED "BADLY" & THE PLT MADEA PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT HAWKE PRIVATE DUSTER STRIP. AFTER CHECKING OUT THE ENGINE, THE PLT DEPARTED HAWKE. THE PLT AGAIN ENCOUNTERED THE ENGINE PROBLEM & DECIDED TO RETURN TO HAWKE ARPT. HE THEN COULD NOT FIND THE ARPT & LANDED IN A DRY LAKE BED WITHIN 300 YARDS OF THE ARPT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO LOSS OF RPM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.