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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-25-235 · Rio Grande City, TX · June 5, 1983

Date
June 5, 1983 · 06:35 local
Place
Rio Grande City, TX
Airport
Starr Co
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8533L
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA264
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B2B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,600 total2,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke appeared in cockpit shortly after takeoff. Pilot made mergency landing and fire consumed airplane.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE APPEARED IN COCKPIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT MADE MERGENCY LANDING AND FIRE CONSUMED AIRPLANE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.