Piper PA-23 N215EC

Summary

On 25 November 1983 at about 18:15 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N215EC was involved in an accident near Comfort, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 November 1983 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Comfort, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Quiet Valley (IT5)

Coordinates

29.9708, -98.9002

Aircraft

Piper PA-23

Registration

N215EC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Fredricksburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA074

4 people died.

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

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT BARELY CLEARED TREES AT THE END OF THE ARPT & THAT SMOKE WAS SEEN TRAILING FROM THE RIGHTENG. THE ACFT ENTERED A RIGHT TURN, STALLED & IMPACTED A RIDGE IN A STEEP, NEAR VERTICALLY BANKED DIVE. TEARDOWNS OF BOTH ENGS & BOTH PROPS REVEALED NO MECHANICAL EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION. HOWEVER, POST-IMPACT FIRE HAD PREVENTED THOROUGH EXAMINATIONS OF THE FUEL, IGNITION & INDUCTION SYSTEMS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.