# Accident 19971218039139A: Piper PA23250, Perkasie, PA, December 18, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1997, 10:15 local time
- Place: Perkasie, PA
- Airport: Pennridge Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3706° N, 75.2894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3706&lon=-75.2894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6962Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6962Y-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1E5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,048 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 308 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971218039139A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT. ABORTED WHEN VMC OCCURED. LANDED ROUGH AREA OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. (.4) THE PILOT OWNER WAS RECEIVING MULTI-ENGINE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT JUST AFTER LIFTOFF, WITH THE LANDING GEAR STILL EXTENDED, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, REDUCED POWER, AND LANDED IN ROUGH TERRAIN, ABOUT 150 FEET TO THE LEFT THE RUNWAY.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT NEITHER PROPELLER HAD BEEN FEATHERED, AND EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINES DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF A MACHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.                                                                  (-23) AT AN ALTITUDE OF 50 FEET, AIRCRAFT LOST POWER IN LEFT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. WHEN LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OCCURRED, INSTRUCTOR PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN ROUGH TERRAIN, 150 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC98LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA059), Dec 18, 1997: Piper PA-23-250 (N6962Y), Perkasie, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in an off runway landing, after the left engine was reported to have lost power.

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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