Piper PA-32RT-300T N39487

Summary

On 8 July 1983 at about 15:38 local time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T registered N39487 was involved in an accident near Columbus, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 July 1983 at 15:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

40.0106, -82.9204

Aircraft

Piper PA-32RT-300T

Registration

N39487

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → St. Louis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA301

2 people were seriously 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

ABOUT 1 1/2 MIN AFTER TAKING OFF, THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU APRX 1400 FT AGL WHEN THE ENG LOST MOST OF ITS POWER, SPUTTERED, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER QUIT RUNNING ALTOGETHER. THE PLT SWITCHED FUEL TANK & TRIED TO RESTART THE ENG BUT WAS UNABLE. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO THE ARPT, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD. AS THE ACFT WAS APPROACHING THE FIELD, THE PLT DID NOT SEE TRANSMISSION WIRES UNTIL THEY WERE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. HE MANEUVERED THE ACFT TO AVOID A COLLISION; HOWEVER, A CABLE BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE PROP & THE LEFT WING HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE ACFT THEN CRASH LANDED IN A FIELD. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT & ENG WAS MADE, BUT NO FUEL CONTAMINATION OR PREIMPACT FAILURES WERE FOUND. AFTER MINOR IMPACT FAILURES WERE REPAIRED, THE ENG WAS STARTED & OPERATED NORMALLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.