# Accident 19890610015089A: Piper PA24260, Naked Island, AK, June 10, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1989, 13:15 local time
- Place: Naked Island, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9213P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9213P-1989-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890610015089A

## Narrative

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

FUEL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED, LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE THEN ENGINE QUIT. DITCHED IN GULF. RESCUED. AIRCRAFT SANK.

## 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 ANC89LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA088), Jun 10, 1989: Piper PA-24 (N9213P), Naked Island, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: ENGINE FAILURE FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON.

## Other reports on N9213P (1)

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

- [Accident 19850916045479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850916045479A), Sep 16, 1985: Piper PA24260 (N9213P), Leesburg, FL, Substantial damage. Right main landing gear collapsed during taxi, followed by left main and nose gear. No mechanical malfunction found

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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