Piper PA-24 N5932P

Summary

On 5 August 1988 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N5932P was involved in an accident near Westville, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 August 1988 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Westville, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

35.9799, -94.5703

Aircraft

Piper PA-24

Registration

N5932P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Muskogee → Springdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88LA146

1 person had minor injuries.

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 DESCENDED THE AIRPLANE FROM 5000 FEET USING REDUCED POWER BUT WITHOUT USING CARBURETOR HEAT. AT 3500 FEET THE PILOT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE AND THEN STOPPED PRODUCING POWER COMPLETELY. DESPITE CORRECTIVE MEASURES BY THE PILOT, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SYSTEM BUT THE CARBURETOR WAS BROKEN OPEN DURING GROUND IMPACT. THE PILOT STATED HE SAW THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE AND FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATING PROPERLY BEFORE THE TREE IMPACT. THE ICING PROBABILITY CHART INDICATES THE TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT WAS RIGHT FOR SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICING AT GLIDE POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.