# Accident 19990505004609A: Piper PA28181, Cleveland, OH, May 5, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1999, 13:36 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5195° N, 81.6800° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5195&lon=-81.6800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5408F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5408F-2000-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 64 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990505004609A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS 9 MILES NORTH OF THE ARPT OVER THE WATER WHEN THE PILOT STATED THE ACFT WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND THAT IT WAS GOING DOWN, THE ACFT CRASHED INTO THE WATER, SANK, AND WAS DESTROYED, THE PILOT WAS RESCUED AND HAS UNKNOWN INJURIES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (.4)THE PILOT PERFORMED A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT WAS BETWEEN 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES AND 3 HOURS 45 MINUTES IN DURATION. AS HE NEARED HIS DESTINATION, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  HE TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP AND GOT A MOMENTARY POWER SURGE.  ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DITCHED IN A LAKE, AND NOT RECOVERED.  THE PILOT WAS RESCUED ABOUT ONE HOUR AFTER THE DITCHING, AND REPORTED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED 5 GALLONS OF FUEL IN EACH TANK WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER.

## 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 NYC99LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA108), May 5, 1999: Piper PA-28-181 (N5408F), Cleveland, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N5408F (1)

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

- [Accident 19780727018289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727018289A), Jul 27, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N5408F), Coalinga, CA, Substantial damage. Plt thought strip was 4000FT long,actually 2800FT.

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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