# Accident 19910531018359A: Piper PA22150, Elkins, WV, May 31, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1991, 20:04 local time
- Place: Elkins, WV
- Airport: Jennings Randolph Fld Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8789° N, 79.8698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8789&lon=-79.8698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6904B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6904B-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO91LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910531018359A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. NOSED OVER ON FORCED LANDING AFTER HITTING FENCE IN OPEN FIELD. NO ENGINE DEFECTS

## 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 BFO91LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA052), Jun 1, 1991: Piper PA-22-150 (N6904B), Elkins, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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