Piper PA-32RT N36646

Summary

On 3 August 1987 at about 03:20 local time, a Piper PA-32RT registered N36646 was involved in an accident near Oelwein, Iowa, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 August 1987 at 03:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Oelwein, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

42.6702, -91.9107

Aircraft

Piper PA-32RT

Registration

N36646

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fondulac → Waterloo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC87LA154

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

DURING A PERSONAL NIGHT X-C FLT, THE PLT NOTICED A GLOWING CONDITION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ALSO A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PLT SHUT THE FUEL OFF, PULLED THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED A LOOSE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CONNECTION. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A FIRE IN THE AREA OF THIS CONNECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.