Piper PA-31P N12JP

Summary

On 15 March 1982 at about 22:55 local time, a Piper PA-31P registered N12JP, operated by Gerald Langford/Cindell Noel R, was involved in an accident near Gunnison, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 March 1982 at 22:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Gunnison, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Gunnison County

Coordinates

38.5403, -106.9201

Aircraft

Piper PA-31P

Registration

N12JP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Gerald Langford/Cindell Noel R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gunnison → Addison

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA044

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ENROUTE TO ADDISON, TX, THE PILOT NOTICED A FLUCTUATION IN THE ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE GAUGE, FOLLOWED BY THE TACHOMETER DROPPING TO ZERO. THE PILOT ALSO OBSERVED SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE NACELLE AND PROCEEDED TO SECURE THE ENGINE AND FEATHER THE PROPELLER AND ACCOMPLISH A SUCCESSFULL EMERGENCY LANDING. FURTHER EXAMINATION DISCLOSED TWO BLOW-OUT HOLES IN THE LOWER AREA OF THE TRANSITION TUBE ASSEMBLY THAT ALLOWED HOT ENGINE EXHAUST TO ESCAPE INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE OVERBOARD EXHAUST PIPE CLAMPS, COWL FLAP MOTOR AND ACTUATING ROD WERE DAMAGED BY FIRE AND FELL FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IN FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.