# Accident 19970410005669A: Piper PA31350, Hilo, HI, April 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1997, 07:06 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27659, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27659-1998-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 15 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410005669A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE. FEATHERED. UNABLE STAY ALOFT DUE OVERWEIGHT FERRY TANKS. DITCHED IN OCEAN. PRIOR ABORTED FLIGHTS

## 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 LAX97LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA154), Apr 10, 1997: Piper PA-31-350 (N27659), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power in one engine for undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the aircraft's diminished single engine performance during the early portion of the overweight ferry…

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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