Piper PA-30 N8007Y

Summary

On 15 April 1985 at about 19:25 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N8007Y was involved in an accident near Worthington, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1985 at 19:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Worthington, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

39.1095, -86.9695

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N8007Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Melbourne → Terre Haute

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FA165

3 people died.

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 STALLED AND CRASHED IN A FLD AFTER THE PLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY STATING HE WAS LOSING PWR ON THE RIGHT ENG AND HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALT. AT 1405 EST, THE ACFT WAS TOLD TO CONTACT HULMAN APCH WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO DESCEND TO 3000 FT MSL. THE MODE C TRANSPONDER INDICATED THE ACFT WAS BELOW 3000 FT AND A CLEARANCE TO 2600 FT WAS ISSUED AT WHICH TIME THE PLT REPORTED THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. THE PLT WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO A NEARBY ARPT, HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE IT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A NEAR 60 DEG NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT ENG FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RIGHT MAIN TANK WHICH WAS EMPTY. THE RIGHT ENG FUEL SELECTOR WAS ALSO CORRODED. THE RIGHT MAG COILS ON THE RIGHT ENG SHOWED SIGNS OF CRACKING WHEN HOT. THE RIGHT ENG SPARK PLUGS WERE TESTED AND 90% OF THE PLUGS WOULD NOT FIRE ABOVE 50 PSI PRESSURE. THE RIGHT PROP WAS NOT FEATHERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.