Piper PA-30B N1VE

Summary

On 6 February 1984 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-30B registered N1VE was involved in an accident near Hugo, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 February 1984 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hugo, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

34.0101, -95.5106

Aircraft

Piper PA-30B

Registration

N1VE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hugo → Ada

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84FA126

1 person 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

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM AFTER TAKEOFF. IT ENTERED A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, WENT TO THE RIGHT & CRASHED. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT IT HAD IMPACTED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND IN A DOWN & LOCKED POSITION. THE LEFT PROP WAS TWISTED & CURLED, OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION & ITS BLADES HAD CHORDWISE SCRATCHES FROM GROUND IMPACT. THE RIGHT PROP HAD NO SIGNS OF ROTATIONAL DAMAGE & IT WAS NOT FEATHERED. ABOUT 40 GALS OF FUEL WERE FOUND IN THE LEFT TANKS. THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS CONTAINED VIRTUALLY NO FUEL: THEY WERE NOT RUPTURED. THE PLT HAD NO MULTI-ENGINE RATING. HIS LOGBOOK HAD NO ENTRIES TO SHOW DUAL MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTION NOR COMPLIANCE WITH A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A ROBERTSON STOL KIT, STC SA-2313-WE, WHICH INCREASED ITS GROSS WT TO 3800 LBS. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ON 1/10/83.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.