Piper PA-34-200T N36405

Summary

On 28 November 2010 at about 17:23 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N36405, operated by Jeffrey O. Clarke, was involved in an accident near Nocagdoches, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 November 2010 at 17:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Nocagdoches, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

A.L. Mangham Jr. Regional (OCH)

Coordinates

31.5869, -94.7047

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N36405

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Jeffrey O. Clarke

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sugar Land → Shreveport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA083

1 person had minor injuries.

A total loss of power in both engines for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in cruise flight, about 1 hour and 10 minutes after departure, the left engine lost power. The pilot proceeded to the nearest airport and as he maneuvered the airplane onto the base leg of the traffic pattern, the right engine lost power. He performed a wheels-up forced landing about 600 feet from the runway. He said he had departed with full fuel. A postaccident examination by Federal Aviation Administration inspectors found no evidence of fuel leakage, and the only visible fuel was approximately 5 gallons of unusable fuel. However, retrieval crews reported a very strong smell of avgas when they arrived one hour after the accident. They estimated at least ten to fifteen gallons of avgas was in both the left and right wing tanks. No anomalies were found with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.