Piper PA-28RT-201 N8209H

Summary

On 31 May 1988 at about 04:20 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201 registered N8209H was involved in an accident near Lampasas, Texas, 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.

Date

31 May 1988 at 04:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Lampasas, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Lampasas (T28)

Coordinates

31.0595, -98.1792

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201

Registration

N8209H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vernon → Austin

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

FTW88DRG10

2 people had minor injuries.

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 PILOT EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE, WHILE ON A NIGHT, VFR, CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED TO SPIRAL DOWN TO AN AIRPORT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING BUT REPORTED THAT HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND DOWNWIND, OVERSHOOTING THE RUNWAY. AN OFF-AIRPORT FORCED LANDING WAS MADE ON A RURAL ROAD ABOUT 1.5 MILES BEYOND THE AIRPORT. DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A CONCRETE CULVERT ABUTMENT AND TREES. ENGINE EXAMINATION REVEALED AN EXHAUST VALVE HAD BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.