Accident Piper PA-32RT-300T N36646, Sunday 2 August 1987

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Date:	Sunday 2 August 1987
Time:	22:20 LT
Type:	Piper PA-32RT-300T
Owner/operator:	Niederhauser Aviaiton
Registration:	N36646
MSN:	32R-7887063
Total airframe hrs:	1380 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-540-S1AD
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Oelwein, IA - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Fondulac, WI (KFLD)
Destination airport:	Waterloo, IA (KALO)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING A PERSONAL NIGHT X-C FLT, THE PLT NOTICED A GLOWING CONDITION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ALSO A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PLT SHUT THE FUEL OFF, PULLED THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE ACFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED A LOOSE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CONNECTION. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A FIRE IN THE AREA OF THIS CONNECTION.

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