Piper PA-28RT-201T N2232R

Summary

On 1 August 1985 at about 03:23 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N2232R was involved in an accident near Clovis, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1985 at 03:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Clovis, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Clovis Municipal (CVN)

Coordinates

34.4095, -103.1999

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201T

Registration

N2232R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albuquerque → Lubbock

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN85LA208

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

WHILE IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 17,000 FT, PILOT NOTICED SOUND CHANGE IN CABIN. ALL INSTRUMENT READINGS WERE NORMAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROP FROM 32 TO 25 INCHES. ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND RUN ROUGH. OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT BLINKED AND OIL PRESSURE FELL. PILOT SAW FIRE AROUND COWL VENTS. OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD MADE FORWARD VISIBILITY IMPOSSIBLE. PILOT MADE SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING IN OPEN FIELD. ENGINE DISASSEMBLY REVEALED NO.2 FUEL NOZZLE FLOWING LEAN, NO. 2 PISTON BURNED, AND EVIDENCE OF CRANK SHAFT OIL STARVATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.