OpenAirDocs.org

19990930029469I

Incident
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Twentynine Palm, CA · September 30, 1999

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
September 30, 1999 · 19:07 local
Place
Twentynine Palm, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N264DH
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,300 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N264DHRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-301TS/N 32R-8129095 · Built 1981Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Mr. Michael d. hutson and passenger carol meyers departed chino airport, chino, CA, at 6:00 pm in route to havasu, AZ. Forty minutes into the flight over amboy, CA, at 9500 MSL, the engine quit. Mr. Hutson landed on highway 62 without incident. The aircraft was towed 20 miles to twenty-nine palms airport. Further investigation revealed that the bendix magneto, part #BL-68256013 had failed. Mr. Michael d. hutson and passenger carol meyers were the sole occupants and were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. MICHAEL D. HUTSON AND PASSENGER CAROL MEYERS DEPARTED CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO, CA, AT 6:00 PM IN ROUTE TO HAVASU, AZ. FORTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT OVER AMBOY, CA, AT 9500 MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT. MR. HUTSON LANDED ON HIGHWAY 62 WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED 20 MILES TO TWENTY-NINE PALMS AIRPORT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BENDIX MAGNETO, PART #BL-68256013 HAD FAILED. MR. MICHAEL D. HUTSON AND PASSENGER CAROL MEYERS WERE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS AND WERE NOT INJURED.