# Accident 20000921015249A: Piper PA28140, Deland, FL, September 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2000, 16:15 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0605° N, 81.2294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0605&lon=-81.2294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5530F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5530F-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000921015249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/D DEPARTED RWY 23 AT DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND SHAKE. AT APPROX. 200 FEET AGL THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND ATTEMPT A DOWNWIND LANDING ON RWY 5. RWY 5 WAS NOT CLEAR FOR LANDING DUE TO ANOTHER A/C THAT HAD JUST LANDED ON RWY 23. THE PILOT SET UP TO LAND ON THE GRASSY AREA BESIDE RWY 5, HOWEVER WHEN THE LANDING A/C CLEARED RWY 23 THE PILOT SHIFTED HIS ATTENTION BACK TO THE RWY. THE A/C STRUCK THE RWY AT HIGH SINK RATE AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED FROM THE A/C.THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND RIGHT WING. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000, ABOUT 1615 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-140, N5530F, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT LANDED HARD FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM DELAND MUNICIPAL-SIDNEY H. TAYLOR AIRPORT IN DELAND, FLORIDA.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART                     91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1545, WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT IN STUART, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 23 WHILE APPROX. 200 FEET AGL (ABOVE GROUND LEVEL) THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 1500 AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. AS A RESULT OF POWER LINES OFF THE DEAPRTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A 180-DEGREE TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5. DUR TO ANOTHER AIRPLANE HAVING JUST LANDED ON RUNWAY 23, THE PILOT LANDED ON THE GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 5. DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE, THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE SHEARED OFF, AND THE RIGHT WING AND FIREWALL WERE BENT. A POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, REVEALED THAT THE EXHAUST VALVE FOR THE NUMBER TWO CYLINDER WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. A REVIEW OF THE AIRPLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THAT 791 HOURS HAD ACCUMULATED SINCE THE CYLINDER WAS LAST OVERHAULED.

## 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 ATL00LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA096), Sep 21, 2000: Piper PA-28-140 (N5530F), Deland, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during initial climb following takeoff, due to the restricted movement of the number two cylinder's exhaust valve.

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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