Piper PA-34-200 N43480

Summary

On 12 March 1983 at about 17:36 local time, a Piper PA-34-200 registered N43480, operated by LOU White, LOU White Aircraft, was involved in an accident near Kingston, Oklahoma, United States. 5 people were on board and 3 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 March 1983 at 17:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Kingston, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Texoma Resort (F31)

Coordinates

33.9995, -96.7205

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200

Registration

N43480

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

LOU White, LOU White Aircraft

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Dallas

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83FA149

3 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

THE ACFT ROLLED RIGHT AFTER A PREMATURE LIFTOFF DUE TO A DIP IN THE RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL RIGHT UNTIL IT IMPACTED A 6 DEGREE SLOPE IN A 100 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD SUFFERED A POWER LOSS DUE TO A BLOCKAGE OF AN INTERNAL MUFFLER DIFFUSER. THIS ENGINE HAD A HISTORY OF MALFUNCTIONS, HARD STARTING, LOSS OF POWER ON TAKEOFF, ACFT YAWING IN FLT TO THE RIGHT & RUNNING TOO LEAN WITH HIGH CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.