Piper PA-38-112 N2379V

Summary

On 3 December 1988 at about 23:10 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2379V, operated by Travel Air, was involved in an accident near Tomball, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 December 1988 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Tomball, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

David Wayne Hawks Mem. (DWH)

Coordinates

30.0899, -95.6103

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2379V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Travel Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW89FA028

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 AIRPLANE WAS BEING USED FOR TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS BY AN INSTRUCTOR AND A LOW TIME STUDENT. IT WAS ON A BASE LEG TO LAND TO THE SOUTH WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE TOWER SHE HAD LOST THE ENGINE AND WAS GOING DOWN. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE STUDENT SURVIVED BUT DID NOT REMEMBER THE FLIGHT. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE ENGINE OR FUEL SYSTEM WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ENGINE FROM PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER TO PREVENT A FORCED LANDING. THE PROPELLER CAME OFF THE CRANKSHAFT AT IMPACT. MARKS ON THE SIX PROPELLER FLANGE BUSHING INDICATED THE PROPELLER HAD BEEN LOOSE FOR AN UNDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME. THE FLANGE BUSHING HAD BEEN OVERSTRESSED AND THE FLANGED ENDS SEPARATED FROM THE BUSHINGS. THE BUSHINGS CAME OUT OF THE CRANKSHAFT AT IMPACT. THE FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WAS SURROUNDED BY TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.