# Accident 19910726030409A: Piper PA23250, Manteo, NC, July 26, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1991, 06:15 local time
- Place: Manteo, NC
- Airport: Dare County Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8905° N, 75.6606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8905&lon=-75.6606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54746, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54746-1992-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910726030409A

## Narrative

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

LOST LEFT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. LOST CONTROL,IMPACTED TREES. FLAPS FULL DOWN. LEFT PROP FEATHERED AND GEAR WAS DOWN.

## 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 ATL91FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA142), Jul 26, 1991: Piper PA-23-250 (N54746), Manteo, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF LEFT ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, AND THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM CONTROLLABLE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE STALLING OF THE AIRPLANE.

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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