# Accident 20051108028679A: Piper PA31350, Ankeny, IA, November 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2005, 10:18 local time
- Place: Ankeny, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: X1AA
- Location: 41.7267° N, 93.5350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7267&lon=-93.5350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27177, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27177-2008-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 9,085 total, 93 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108028679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PREFLIGHTED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE LINE PERSON HAD REMOVED THE OIL DIPSTICK FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE WITH THE INTENT OF ADDING OIL, BUT WAS DISTRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO ADD THE OIL AND SECURE THE DIPSTICK. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ANKENY, IA (IKV) AT APPROXIMATELY 1007 LOCAL TIME ON A FAR 135 FLIGHT TO EMMETSBURG, IA (EGQ) WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. AT APPROXIMATELY 1011 THE PILOT NOTIFIED DES MOINES APPROACH HE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE ANKENY AIRPORT BECAUSE OF AN OIL LEAK. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND FLEW PARALLEL TO THE LANDING RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 500 AGL UNTIL ABOUT ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT WHERE IT TURNED CROSSWIND. IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A DOWNWIND FOR LANDING, HOWEVER IT CONTINUED TO DRIFT NORTH AND EAST OF THE AIRPORT UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE HALF MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE INVESTIGATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THE PROP GOVERNOR INDICATED IT WAS SELECTED TO THE FEATHER POSITION, HOWEVER THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE NOT FEATHERED.

## 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 CHI06FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA026), Nov 8, 2005: Piper PA-31-350 (N27177), Ankeny, IA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to preflight the airplane, the pilot's improper in-flight decision not to land the airplane on the runway when he had the opportunity, and the inadvertent stall when the pilot…

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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