- Date
- February 20, 1984, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bastrop, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15043Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220003909A
- Case key
- 21263
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The engine lost power and the plt noticed smoke coming from the defrost vent. An emergency landing was made on a local highway. Examination revealed that the exhaust pipe was disconnected from the muffler and the hot gases melted a rocker box oil drain line. The oil ignited and burned the magneto 'p' lead wires which caused a totalengine failure. Piper AD 70-16-05 addresses this problem in earlier model acft. An attempt is being made by FAA to include later model acft in the AD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15043
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225565
- Airframe hours
- 3,242
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Evrand
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 4, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- F13 · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- PEZ · Pleasanton, TX
- Airport
- runway 6
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 60 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.