# Incident 19790909034909I: Piper PA23250, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, September 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5627Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5627Y-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909034909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT EXPERIENCED LEFT ENGINE DIFFICULTY ON SHORT FINAL. LANDED ON GRASS TO LEFT OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5627Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830211003509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830211003509A), Feb 11, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N5627Y), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Destroyed. Lost control and bounced landing. Tried to go around stalled rolled over and crashed inverted. 434LB over gross wt.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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