Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW85LA179

EAGLE LAKE, TX, USA

Aircraft #1

N23L

PIPER PA-31

Analysis

ON OR ABOUT 3/25/85, THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON A SHORT PRIVATE STRIP. DURING THE LANDING, IT OVERRAN THE STRIP, THEN COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK & A TREE. THE PLT ABANDONED THE ACFT. NEITHER HE NOR THE NEW OWNER COULD BE FOUND. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN SET AFIRE AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT BORE A REGISTRATION OF N23LX, BUT THE ACFT DATA PLATE & FAA RECORDS SHOWED THAT A REGISTRATION OF N23L SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED. DURING A SEEMINGLY UNRELATED ARREST, POLICE FOUND THE RECORDS OF N23L IN ANOTHER ACFT THAT WAS LOADED WITH 1500 LBS OF MARIJUANA. THE PLT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE HAD NO INJURIES.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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