Piper PA-28-181 N8191V

Summary

On 30 March 1987 at about 18:57 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N8191V, operated by Griffin Pipeline Patrol Co., was involved in an accident near Marlin, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 March 1987 at 18:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Marlin, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.3003, -96.8891

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N8191V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Griffin Pipeline Patrol Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cleburne → Conroe

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW87FA088

1 person 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 HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN PIPELINE PATROL THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY OF 7490 FLT HRS. JUST BEFORE THE ACDNT, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED IN STRAIGHT & LVL FLT ALONG A PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT WAS AT LOW ALT WHEN A WING SEPARATED & THE ACFT PLUNGED TO THE GROUND. THE LEFT WING WAS FND 588' FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED IT HAD SEPD AT THE WING ROOT FROM FATIGUE FAILURE. THE FATIGUE HAD ORIGINATED NEAR ONE OF THE OUTBOARD CARRY-THROUGH ATTACHMENT BOLT HOLES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.