# Accident 20010115002209A: Piper PA18A150, Palmetto, FL, January 15, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 15, 2001, 16:04 local time - Place: Palmetto, FL - Airport: Manatee Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 27.6671° N, 82.5372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6671&lon=-82.5372&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6971D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6971D) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C2A (registry code 42285, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c2a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150 - Reported engine: LYC O320* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA020) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010115002209A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON JANUARY 15, 2001, AT 1605 LOCALTIME,A PIPER 18A, N69710, REGISTERED TO SKYWAY AIRCRAFT, CRASHED INTO MANGROVES IN TAMPA BAY APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES N/NW OF MANATEE COUNTY AIRPORT (48X) WHILE IN CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THAT AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SPG ON JANUARY 15, 2001 AT 1530 LOCAL TIME. (.4) ON JANUARY 15, 2001, AT 1604 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-18, N6971D, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND DURING AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR MANATEE COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR SUN CITY, FLORIDA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINALLY DEPARTED ST PETERSBURG AIRPORT IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, AT 1530 HOURS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE AND HIS PASSENGER HAD FLOWN TO MANATEE AIRPORT W HERE THEY HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL LANDINGS. AFTER TAKEOFF, AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED THROUGH 500 FEET, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND STARTED "MISSING". HE CHANGED FUEL TANKS AND APPLIED CARBURETOR. HEAT AND SELECTED AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING AREA. THE ENGINE QUIT SHORTLY BEFORE THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AS THE PILOT MANEUVERED FOR THE FORCED LANDING 1.7 MILES NORTH OF THE MANATEE AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL. DURING THE FUNCTIONAL EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, IT OPERATED NORMALLY THROUGHOUT ALL POWER RANGES. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO THE CARBURETOR-ICING PROBABILITY CHART, WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR CARBURETOR ICING. NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL ENGINE FAILURE WAS FOUND. ## 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 ATL01LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA020), Jan 15, 2001: Piper PA-18-A-150 (N6971D), Sun City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, A FACTOR WAS WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR CARBURETOR ICING ## Other reports on N6971D (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20160910017101I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160910017101I), Sep 10, 2016: Piper PA-18A 150 (N6971D), Woodbine, NJ, Minor damage. PIC temporarily disembarked PA-18A-150, s/n 18-5497, N6971D (restricted category for aerial advertising) while engine was running at idle on a grass section of… - [Incident 20090514006609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090514006609I), May 14, 2009: Piper PA18A150 (N6971D), Midland, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On may 14, 2009, at 7:30 CDT, the pilot was cleared to taxi 17R via taxiway charlie from the tie-down ramp at abilene aero. While still on taxiway… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.