# Accident 19860520021069A: Piper PA23250, Rio Hondo, TX, May 20, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1986, 19:45 local time
- Place: Rio Hondo, TX
- Airport: Burkes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2346° N, 97.5815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Hondo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2346&lon=-97.5815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717WL-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 606 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW86LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860520021069A

## Narrative

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

HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE, REDUCED THROTTLE, ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO HOLD ALTITUDE, HIT IN FIELD. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## 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 FTW86LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA089), May 21, 1986: Piper PA-23-250 (N717WL), Rio Hondo, TX, substantial damage

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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