# Accident 20050621014969A: Piper PA23250, Carrizo Springs, TX, June 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2005, 15:50 local time
- Place: Carrizo Springs, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5222° N, 99.8222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5222&lon=-99.8222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2521M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2521M-2013-08-05) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050621014969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 21, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 CDT, N2521M WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A MESQUITE FIELD SOUTH OF CARRIZO SPRINGS AIRPORT. THE EMERGENCY WAS A RESULT OF THE STABILATOR TRIM ROD FAILURE IN FLIGHT CAUSING A VIOLENT VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. THE VIBRATION WAS SO VIOLENT THE PILOT BELIEVED THE CAUSE WAS FROM THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE ASSEMBLIES. THE VIBRATIONS CAUSED THE PILOT TO FEATHER BOTH ENGINES AND TOTAL LOSS OF AIRCRAFT POWER TO AVOID IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, TWO OF THE THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 DFW05LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA167), Jun 21, 2005: Piper PA-23-250 (N2521M), Carizzo Springs, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the stabilator trim control rod due to internal corrosion. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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