Piper PA-31 N23L

Summary

On 25 March 1985 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N23L was involved in an accident near Eagle Lake, 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

25 March 1985 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Eagle Lake, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Private Strip

Coordinates

29.5804, -96.3196

Aircraft

Piper PA-31

Registration

N23L

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

FTW85LA179

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

ON OR ABOUT 3/25/85, THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON A SHORT PRIVATE STRIP. DURING THE LANDING, IT OVERRAN THE STRIP, THEN COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK & A TREE. THE PLT ABANDONED THE ACFT. NEITHER HE NOR THE NEW OWNER COULD BE FOUND. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN SET AFIRE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT BORE A REGISTRATION OF N23LX, BUT THE ACFT DATA PLATE & FAA RECORDS SHOWED THAT A REGISTRATION OF N23L SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED. DURING A SEEMINGLY UNRELATED ARREST, POLICE FOUND THE RECORDS OF N23L IN ANOTHER ACFT THAT WAS LOADED WITH 1500 LBS OF MARIJUANA. THE PLT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE HAD NO INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.