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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA30 · Worthington, IN · April 15, 1985

Date
April 15, 1985 · 14:25 local
Place
Worthington, IN
Airport
Shawnee
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8007Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI85FA165
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total500 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Right engine quit. Fuel selector on empty tank. Failure to feather prop. Airspeeed below VMC caused control loss.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. FAILURE TO FEATHER PROP. AIRSPEEED BELOW VMC CAUSED CONTROL LOSS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.