# Accident 20010113027299A: Piper PA23160, Milton, FL, January 13, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2001, 07:13 local time
- Place: Milton, FL
- Airport: Milton T Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6375° N, 86.9936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6375&lon=-86.9936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2407M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2407M-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,960 total, 41 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010113027299A

## Narrative

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

(.4) WITNESSES HEARD THE ENGINES SPUTTERING AS THE AIRPLANE STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL AND ACCELERATED ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 200 TO 300 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, HE FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE, TURNED THE AIRPLANE RIGHT ABOUT 100 DEGREES, AND ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING IN A PASTURE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, THE AIRPLANE STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND RIGHT WING AND NOSE LOW. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED SUFFICIENT FUEL. ENGINE TEST RUNS REVEALED THAT BOTH ENGINES RAN WITHOUT DISCREPANCIES EXCEPT FOR SOME INTERMITTENT ROUGHNESS AND MISSING DURING THE RIGHT ENGINE RUN. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT MAGNETO REVEALED FRAYED AND BROKEN INSULATION ON THE "P" LEAD. INTERNAL EXAMINATION OF LEFT MAGNETO REVEALED THAT THE ADVANCE SPARK SYSTEM WIRE WAS CHAFFED THROUGH AND MAKING SOME CONTACT WITH THE NORMAL POINTS CIRCUIT AT THE NORMAL POINT CONDENSER CONNECTION. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THOSE PRESENT AT THE RIGHT ENGINE RUN, THAT UNDER RUNNING CONDITIONS, A POSSIBLE GROUNDING SHORT OF THE NORMAL POINTS OPERATION COULD HAVE OCCURRED AT THIS LOCATION. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME IN ALL AIRCRAFT OF ABOUT 2,960 HOURS. IN ADDITION, HE REPORTED 96 TOTAL HOURS IN MUTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, AND 41 HOURS IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

## 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 MIA01LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA062), Jan 13, 2001: Piper PA-23-160 (N2407M), Milton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of right engine power due to chaffed and frayed wiring on the right and left magnetos on the right engine resulting in a forced landing, an inadvertent stall, and subsequent impact with the…

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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