Piper PA28RT-201T accident near Cameron, Texas, November 21, 1983
On November 21, 1983 at about 2:30 pm local time, a Piper PA28RT-201T, registered N2124N, was destroyed in an accident near Cameron, Texas. It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 21, 1983 · about 2:30 pm local time
- Place
- Cameron, Texas · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28RT-201T PA28RT-201 · all PA28RT-201Ts on the register
- Registration
- N2124N · registry record · serial 28R-7931037
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. DURING POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION THE CLAMP WHICH SECURES THE TURBOCHARGER INLET TUBE TO THE ENGINE EXHAUST WAS FOUND TO BE OFF THE THREADS OF THE BOLT AND WERE NOT DAMAGED AND THE NUT WAS MISSING. RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE WAS GIVEN A TOP OVERHAUL SEVEN HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THIS WAS DONE BY THE OWNER AND THE CLAMP WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED AT THAT TIME. THE PLT REPORTED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT DURING THE FLT THE ACFT WAS CRUSING AT 4500 FT WHEN WE HEARD A THUMP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE QUIT.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 509 hours in all; 21 in this make and model; 19 in the last 90 days; 446 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,377 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, July 29, 1983; 50 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,400 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-360-FB (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: VCT Victoria TX
- Destination: FTW Ft. Worth TX
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 160° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Other NTSB records under N2124N the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW84LA070.