- Date
- March 25, 1985
- Place
- Eagle Lake, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23LPiper PA-31
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21720
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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
On or about 3/25/85, the acft was landed on a short private strip. During the landing, it overran the strip, then collided with a dirt bank & a tree. The plt abandoned the acft. Neither he nor the new owner could be found. There was evidence that the acft had been set afire after the accident. The acft bore a registration of N23LX, but the acft data plate & FAA records showed that a registration of N23L should have been displayed. During a seemingly unrelated arrest, police found the records of N23L in another acft that was loaded with 1500 lbs of marijuana. The plt was presumed to have had no injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-76
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-A1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eric Schaffer
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Private Strip
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F