# Accident 20130419008009A: Piper PA-32-301, Sulphur Bluff, TX, April 19, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2013, 11:55 local time
- Place: Sulphur Bluff, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6364° N, 95.4506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6364&lon=-95.4506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82723, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82723) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,128 total, 3,847 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130419008009A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2013, AT 1150 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-32-301 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N82723, IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR PARIS, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO GALAXY TRAVELLAIRE INC, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PARSONS, KANSAS, AT 1030.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 7,500 MEAN SEA LEVEL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND OIL IMMEDIATELY COVERED THE WINDSCREEN. THE PILOT INITIATED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEPARATED.

## 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 CEN13LA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA233), Apr 19, 2013: Piper PA-32-301 (N82723), Paris, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the connecting rod bolts, which resulted in an engine failure.

## Other reports on N82723 (2)

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

- [Incident 20011203033419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011203033419I), Dec 3, 2001: Piper PA32301 (N82723), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that during night operations, he followed green taxi lights to sea runway 16L and held there until instructed to continue taxi across…
- [Incident 19910511015389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910511015389I), May 11, 1991: Piper PA32301 (N82723), Paris, TN, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft out of the hangar into a ditch at edge of ramp. Reported to be under the influence of alcohol

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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