Piper PA-30 N7533Y

Summary

On 2 October 1986 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7533Y was involved in an accident near Sulpher, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 October 1986 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Sulpher, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

30.2108, -93.1999

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7533Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Charles → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW87LA001

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 PILOT LANDED LONG AT A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP AND DELIBERATELY GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID OVERRUNNING THE AIRSTRIP INTO A THREE FOOT DITCH. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE GROUND LOOP AND THE WINGS AND MAIN GEARS WERE DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS ACROSS A DITCH AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED LITTLE BRAKING ACTION AS THE AIRSTRIP WAS WET FROM RECENT RAINS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.