# Accident 19940313004879A: Piper PA23, Duncan, OK, March 13, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1994, 11:49 local time
- Place: Duncan, OK
- Airport: Halliburton Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4709° N, 97.9599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALLIBURTON FLD (DUC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4709&lon=-97.9599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2297P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2297P-1994-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 30 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940313004879A

## Narrative

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

CHECK OUT NEW AIRMAN SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED LEFT ENGING FOR ENGINE LANDING. HYDRO PUMP LEFT ENGINE. CRASHED.

## 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 FTW94LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA094), Mar 13, 1994: Piper PA-23 (N2297P), Duncan, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG ENGINE FOR SHUT DOWN. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING.

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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