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Piper PA-28R-201T N38344

25 June 1987 · Bowling Green, Ohio, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 25 June 1987 at about 23:20 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N38344, operated by Vinicio A.mota, was involved in an accident near Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Bowling Green, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport
Wood Co. (1G0)
Coordinates
41.3698, -83.6394
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R-201T
Registration
N38344
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Vinicio A.mota
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL87LA188

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 2 0

Probable cause

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 INSTRUCTOR (CFI) RPRTD HE PREFLIGHTED THE ACFT & TAXIED TO THE REFUELING AREA. WHILE THERE, HE WAS APCHD BY ANOTHER PLT WHO WANTED TO GO WITH HIM ON THIS FLT. THEY AGREED & THE CFI MOVED TO THE RGT SEAT. THEY COMMENCED THE START-UP, RUN-UP & TAKEOFF CHECKLIST. THE CFI RPRTD THAT AFTER CLIMBING ABOUT 150', THE ENG LOST POWER. A TURN WAS MADE AWAY FM BLDGS & HOMES FOR AN EMERG LNDG IN A FLD. JUST BFR REACHING THE FLD, THE RGT WING HIT THE TOP CROSS PIECE OF A TELEPHONEPOLE, THEN THE ACFT CRASHED TO THE GND & WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD. THE PLT RPRTD THAT JUST BFR IMPACT, THE ENG STARTED TO REGAIN POWER. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THERE WAS MOISTURE IN THE CYLINDERS. THE LEFT FUEL TANK CONTAINED FUEL WITH NO CONTAMINATION, BUT THE RGT TANK HAD RUPTURED & FUEL HAD SPILLED OUT. A CHECK OF THE RGT FUEL CAP REVEALED IT WOULD ALLOW WATER TO LEAK IN. THE BOLTS HOLDING THE CAP WERE TOO LONG & THE CAP COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED FOR A TIGHTER FIT. THE MIXTURE CTL CABLE HAD PULLED OUT OF A FITTING ON THE CARBURETOR, BUT IT SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF SLIPPAGE BFR IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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