# Accident 19840630028609A: Piper PA32R301T, San Angelo, TX, June 30, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1984, 08:20 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXCA
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3571U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3571U-2001-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,320 total, 101 in this make and model, 343 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630028609A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FIRE ERUPTED ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW84LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA295), Jun 30, 1984: Piper PA-32RT-301T (N3571U), San Angelo, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N3571U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830201004939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830201004939I), Feb 1, 1983: Piper PA32R301T (N3571U), Amarillo, TX. Snow on runway. On takeoff aircraft struck a drift. Went sideways. Lost airspeed. Stopped in a snow bank.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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