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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · July 2, 2001

Date
July 2, 2001 · 10:30 local
Place
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Airport
Rafael Hernandez Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17241
Reported as
Piper PA23
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B3B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total200 in this make and model

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) After takeoff between 700 to 899 ft. left power. Aircraft started a high rate of descent. The pilot concentrated in flying the aircraft and overlooked emergency procedures for one engine out condition. Aircraft crashed in field in the northeast side of the airport. Two passengers were onboard besides the pilot but, only the pilot suffered a minor nose injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER TAKEOFF BETWEEN 700 TO 899 FT. LEFT POWER. AIRCRAFT STARTED A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. THE PILOT CONCENTRATED IN FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AND OVERLOOKED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR ONE ENGINE OUT CONDITION. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. TWO PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD BESIDES THE PILOT BUT, ONLY THE PILOT SUFFERED A MINOR NOSE INJURY.