# Incident 19990408046979I: Piper PA34200T, Lubbock, TX, April 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1999
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21RR-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total, 145 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990408046979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N21RR LOST POWER ON LEFT ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 200 AT AGL. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, IT STRUCK A POWER LINE, AND A STAND PIPE BEFORE LANDING GEAR UP IN AN OPEN FIELD. AIRCRAFT EXAMINATION REVEALED THE FUEL WAS ON MAIN TANKS, MAG SWITCHES WERE ON, THROTTLE, MIXTURE AND PROPS WERE FULL HIGH AND THE LEFT ENGINE HAD NOT BEEN FEATHERED. PASSENGER AND PILOT WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY NEW INFORMATION. BOTH ENGINES RAN NORMAL DURING GROUND RUN AFTER ACCIDENT. DOWNGRADED TO INCIDENT. DURING AIRCRAFT REPAIR, THERE WAS NO FIREWALL DAMAGE. ONLY SKINS WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N21RR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060320003929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060320003929A), Mar 20, 2006: Piper PA34200T (N21RR), Branson, MO, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) A pilot and three passengers on board seneca N21RR departed runway 11 at m. graham clark-taney county airport (plk), point lookout, MO, on an IFR flight…

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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