SEMINOLE, TX, USA
N9936P
PIPER PA-36
ABOUT HALF WAY THRU A TURNAROUND MANEUVER, THE PLT NOTED A LOSS OF ENG POWER & NOTICED THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE HAD DROPPED ABOUT 5 INCHES. DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF POWER LINES, HE WAS UNABLE LEVEL HIS WINGS. ALSO, BEFORE HE COULD DUMP HIS LOAD, THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND & THE ACFT CRASHED. THE ACFT THEN BEGAN BURNING & WAS DEMOLISHED BY FIRE. THE PLT SUSPECTED A TURBOCHARGER MALFUNCTION; HOWEVER, DUE TO IMPACT & FIRE DAMAGE, THIS COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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