Piper PA-60-601 N7481S
22 June 1987 · Hillsboro, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 June 1987 at about 23:15 local time, a Piper PA-60-601 registered N7481S, operated by Cary E.gillum, was involved in an accident near Hillsboro, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hillsboro, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 32.0009, -97.1099
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-60-601
- Registration
- N7481S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Cary E.gillum
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mesquite → Corpus Christi
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW87FA149
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
APRX 3 MIN AFTER LEVELING AT 6500', THE ACFT BEGAN LOSING PWR DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BY USING BOOST PUMP & X-FEED. SUBSEQUENTLY, BOTH ENGS LOST POWER & THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DRG A WHEELS-UP LNDG IN A MILO FIELD. AN EXAM REVEALED THE UPPER & LOWER FUEL VENT LINES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ACFT, AS WELL AS THE LOWER VENT LINE DRAINS, WERE PARTIALLY OR FULLY CLOGGED BY HARD DIRT. THE DIRT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY WASPS. THE ACFT HAD FLOWN ONLY ABOUT 2.7 HRS SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL INSPN ON 6/6/87.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-60 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 1987 | Piper PA-60 | W.palm Beach, Florida, United States | Top Flight Service, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-60-601P | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Samuel Kasdin | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-60-600 | Mansfield, Ohio, United States | Air Continental, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 1987 | Piper PA-60 | Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-60-602P | Ravenna, Ohio, United States | Robert P. Syme | No injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 1987 | Piper PA-60 | Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States | Johm M. Hitt | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 1987 | Cessna 152 | New Caney, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1987 | Cessna 150 | San Angelo, Texas, United States | David Sibley | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 1987 | Cessna 182P | Refugio, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Nov 1987 | Piper PA-18-150 | Dallas, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Mar 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | George West, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1987 | Cessna 172P | Roanoke, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |