# Accident 19830614025249A: Piper PA23, Jamestown, ND, June 14, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1983, 19:00 local time
- Place: Jamestown, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9100° N, 98.6907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9100&lon=-98.6907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2054P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2054P-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830614025249A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FEATHERED LEFT PROP AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, ATTEMPT TO RESTART FAILED AND CRASH OCCURRED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN83LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA139), Jun 15, 1983: Piper PA-23 (N2054P), Jamestown, ND, destroyed

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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