Piper PA-28-140 N33074

Summary

On 6 July 1984 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N33074 was involved in an accident near Killian, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 July 1984 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Killian, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

30.4201, -90.5395

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N33074

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hammond → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA301

1 person was 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

THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE IN A STEEP BANK AT LOW ALT IN VMC WX.A WITNESS WHO KNEW THE PLT SAID HE HEARD THE ACFT APPROACHING, WENT OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE AND SAW THE ACFT AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL. THE ACFT WENT INTO A TURN AND BECAME ALMOST INVERTED BEFORE COLLIDING WITH SMALL TREES IN A SWAMPY AREA.THE POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT AND ENGINE REVEALED NOTHING OF A CAUSAL NATURE. THE PROPELLER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF HAVING POWER AT IMPACT. ACCORDING TO FAA, THE ACFTWAS IN A 90 DEGREE RIGHT BANK AT IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.