Piper PA-32-260 N42722
12 September 1985 · East Swanzey, New Hampshire, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 September 1985 at about 13:50 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N42722 was involved in an accident near East Swanzey, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- East Swanzey, New Hampshire, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dillant-Hopkins (EEN)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-260
- Registration
- N42722
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Keene → Westfield
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC85LA234
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 WAS PREFLIGHTED & DETERMINED TO HAVE 10 QTS OF OIL IN THE ENG. WHILE CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 1000 FT MSL AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PROPELLER RPM BEGAN RISING TO THE REDLINE. THE PLT REDUCED POWER & PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERG LANDING. DURING A TURN TOWARD THE ARPT, THE ENG STOPPED OPERATING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED AS THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT 4 MI FROM THE ARPT. A POST CRASH EXAM DISCLOSED A RUPTURED OIL HOSE, PN 63901-26, THAT LED FROM THE OIL PUMP TO THE OIL COOLER. THE HOSE HAD A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 8 YRS & HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED IN 1974. NO RECORD WAS FOUND TO INDICATE THE HOSE HAD BEEN REPLACED SINCE ITS ORIGINAL INSTALLATION ON THE ENG.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 1985 | Piper PA-32-300 | Perry, Georgia, United States | Geoffrey Green | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Oct 1985 | Piper PA-32-300 | Monticello, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jan 1985 | Piper PA-32-301 | Wheeling, Illinois, United States | Holiday Airways | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1985 | Piper PA-32-300 | Fish Lake Valle, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 1985 | Piper PA-32-300 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | Chapman Air, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-32-260 | San Juan | Flemenco Airways, Inc. | Fatal | - |
All 1,695 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 1985 | Cessna 140 | Newport, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 1985 | Cessna 172RG | Mt. Lafayette, New Hampshire, United States | ACE Aviation, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Feb 1985 | Piper PA-31-350 | Whitefield, New Hampshire, United States | Ladco, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 20 Apr 1985 | Piper PA-28-140 | No. Hampton, New Hampshire, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 1 Jan 1985 | Piper PA-34-200T | Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States | Gabriel Wynters | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 May 1985 | Cessna 180J | Hooksett, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |