# Accident 19960520010919A: Piper PA23150, Paradise, TX, May 20, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Paradise, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0794° N, 97.7003° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0794&lon=-97.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299MD-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960520010919A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE ENGINE OUT. UNABLE RESTART. UNABLE SUSTAIN ALTITUDE. LANDED IN FIELD. HAD IMPROPER MAIANTENANCE. (-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CDT ON 05/20/96, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT IN N299MD INITIATED A PRACTICE ENGINE SHUTDOWN OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT REPORTED NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE LEFT ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH ONLY THE RIGHT ENGINE OPERATING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO REACH AN AIRPORT FOR LANDING AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING OFF AIRPORT WAS INITIATED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND ONE OF THE 3 OCCUPANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS FACE.

## 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 FTW96LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA221), May 20, 1996: Piper PA-23-150 (N299MD), Paradise, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FOR REASONS UNDETERMINED. 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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