# Accident 20050615018869A: Piper PA25260, Southhampton, NJ, June 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2005, 08:00 local time
- Place: Southhampton, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: W7PG
- Location: 39.8867° N, 74.6822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8867&lon=-74.6822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4754Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4754Y-2007-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Reported engine: LYC O540G1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050615018869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX. 800 AGL PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. MANEUVERED FOR CORN FIELD AND DUMPED CONTENTS OF HOPPER AT APPROX. 500 AGL UPWIND OF CORN FIELD AND LANDED. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO RUTS AND SOFTNESS OF CORN FIELD. NO INJURY TO PILOT.

## 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 IAD05LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA077), Jun 15, 2005: Piper PA-25-260 (N4754Y), Southampton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A lack of lubrication for undetermined reasons which resulted in the failure of the Nos. 4 and 5 connecting rods, and a subsequent total loss of engine power. A factor in the accident was 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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