Piper PA28RT-201T N2124N

Summary

On 21 November 1983 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA28RT-201T registered N2124N was involved in an accident near Cameron, Texas, 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

21 November 1983 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Cameron, Texas, United States

Coordinates

28.8197, -96.9807

Aircraft

Piper PA28RT-201T

Registration

N2124N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Victoria → Ft. Worth

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA070

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. DURING POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION THE CLAMP WHICH SECURES THE TURBOCHARGER INLET TUBE TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST WAS FOUND TO BE OFF THE THREADS OF THE BOLT AND WERE NOT DAMAGED AND THE NUT WAS MISSING. RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE WAS GIVEN A TOP OVERHAUL SEVEN HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THIS WAS DONE BY THE OWNER AND THE CLAMP WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED AT THAT TIME. THE PLT REPORTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT DURING THE FLT THE ACFT WAS CRUSING AT 4500 FT WHEN WE HEARD A THUMP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE QUIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.