Piper PA-24-250 N5758P

Summary

On 3 October 1984 at about 17:39 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N5758P, operated by Michael Barr, was involved in an accident near Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 October 1984 at 17:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Las Vegas Muni (LVS)

Coordinates

35.5903, -105.2205

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N5758P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Michael Barr

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clovis → Durango

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LA001

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

THE PLT STATED HE WAS ON A X-COUNTRY FLT AND AFTER APRX 1.5 HRS, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ROUGHNESS AND WHEN HE APPLIED THE CARB HEAT, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PLT TURNED OFF THE CARB HEAT BUT POWER COULD NOT BE RESTORED AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON AN INTERSTATE BETWEEN TWO OVERPASSES WAS PLANNED. THE PLT DELAYED PUTTING THE GEAR DOWN UNTIL HIGH LINES WERE CLEARED. THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMP WAS 48 DEGS & THE DEW POINT WAS 47 DEGS. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.