Piper PA-24-260 N8765P

Summary

On 19 September 1988 at about 21:15 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N8765P, operated by Lane Johnson, was involved in an accident near Bend, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 September 1988 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Bend, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

44.2597, -121.2190

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-260

Registration

N8765P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lane Johnson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caldwell → Redmond

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA88LA182

2 people were seriously 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

AT APRX 1239 PDT, WHILE ON AN IFR X-COUNTRY FLT AT 14,000', THE ACFT ENCTRD ICING CONDS. DRG THE NEXT 1.4 HRS, THE PLT CHANGED ALTITUDE IN INCREMENTS, CLIMBING TO 17,000', THEN DESCENDING TO 11,000' TO AVOID ICING. AT APRX 1411 PDT, HE INDCD THE ENG HAD LOST POWER & SUBSEQUENTLY SAID THE PROP WAS WINDMILLING. AT THAT POINT, THE ACFT WAS STILL SOME 20 TO 30 MI FROM THE DESTN. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO AN ARPT. DRG AN EMERG LANDING, THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE & THE ACFT CRASHED. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND PSND TO FEED FROM THE RGT TANK, BUT THE RGT TANK HAD NO FUEL REMAINING. ONLY ABOUT 1 QUART OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RGT AUX TANK. THE LEFT TANKS HAD RUPTURED & WERE EMPTY, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLING WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.