# Accident 20041108031409A: Piper PA23250, Detroit, MI, November 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2004, 14:05 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4056° N, 83.0058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4056&lon=-83.0058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63887, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63887-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108031409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 8, 2004 AT 1404 HOUR A TWIN ENGINE PIPER PA-23-250, REGISTRATION NUMBER N63887 TOOK OFF FROM DETROIT CITY AIRPORT ON RWY 25 TO THE NORTH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE 45 SECONDS AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESTROYING A HOUSE AND SEVERELY DAMAGING ANOTHER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, BOTH OF THEM ESCAPED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED.

## 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 CHI05FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA024), Nov 8, 2004: Piper PA-23-250 (N63887), Detroit, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to feather the propeller and to maintain control of the airplane following the loss of engine power which resulted from undetermined reasons. Factors associated with the accident…

## Other reports on N63887 (5)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020120014449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020120014449I), Jan 20, 2002: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 20, 2002, at 1739 hours eastern standard time, at the Orlando Executive Airport, a Piper aztec, N63887, performed a gear-up landing. The aztec…
- [Incident 20010728017569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728017569I), Jul 28, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During landing roll-out, right main gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the right main landing gear center draglink bolt had broken and fallen…
- [Incident 20010310007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310007709I), Mar 10, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)On 10 March 2001 approximately 1930 hrs, Mr. Enrico a. crawford, holder of pilot certificate number 149623491 was giving instrument dual flight…
- [Incident 20000907029639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907029639I), Sep 7, 2000: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)During cruise flight at 3500' 10NM northwest Orlando executive airport, exhaust manifold of right engine #2 cylinder failed, causing exhaust flames to…
- [Incident 19880915058409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915058409I), Sep 15, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Boston, MA. Right engine failure on climb out due to fuel starvation. Secured and returned. Dirt in bowl and injector screen.

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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