# Accident 20040527018149A: Piper PA34200T, Cleveland, TX, May 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2004, 22:40 local time
- Place: Cleveland, TX
- Airport: Cleveland Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3405° N, 95.0693° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3405&lon=-95.0693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2948S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2948S-2006-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040527018149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2004, AT 1156 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-34-200T TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE, N2948S WAS DESTROYED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A FIELD NEAR CLEVELAND, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT FROM PEARLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT TEXAS (LVJ) TO PALESTINE AIRPORT TEXAS (PSN). ACCORDING THE PILOT, HE WAS CLIMB THROUGH AN ALTITUDE OF 4,100 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), WHEN SMOKE FILLED THE COCKPIT. SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS STATED TO BE FROM BEHIND THE RIGHT CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL. FIRE SUPPRESSION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. DESCENT THROUGH A CLOUD LAYER WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING. LANDING RESULTING IN PENETRATION OF RIGHT FUEL TANK BY BARBED WIRE FENCE THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED DURING ROLLOUT. THE PILOT SAFELY EXITED THE AIRPLANE THAT WAS LATER CONSUMED BY 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 FTW04LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA142), May 27, 2004: Piper PA-34-200T (N2948S), Cleveland, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The in-flight fire that resulted from an electrical arc in the main battery cable near the main power bus. The cause of the arcing event could not be determined.

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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