# Accident 20051123027929A: Piper PA32300, Mims, FL, November 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2005, 10:41 local time
- Place: Mims, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6833° N, 80.8667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6833&lon=-80.8667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666DE-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051123027929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DAB TRACON REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NORTHBOUND VFR AT 4,500 FEET ENROUTE TO GMU WHEN THE PILOT RADIOED "MAYDAY, MAYDAY MAYDAY, I'VE BLOWN AN ENGINE." HE WAS THEN ASKED HIS INTENTIONS, AND HE REPLIED THAT HE HAD OIL ALL OVER THE WINDSHIELD AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO PUT THE AIRPLANE "ON THE GROUND." HE WAS ADVISED THAT ARTHUR DUNN AIRPARK (X21) WAS THE NEAREST AIRPORT ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF HIS POSITION, AND HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD TRY TO MAKE IT THERE. HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND WAS GIVEN COURSE AND POSITION GUIDANCE UNTIL RADAR & RADIO CONTACT WERE LOST. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A TREE DURING FORCED LANDING IN WOODED AND SWAMPY AREA, ABOUT 5 MILES NNW OF X21, AND ABOUT 2/10 OF A MILE EAST ON INTERSTATE 95 ADJACENT TO A NORTHBOUND REST AREA LOCATED AT MILE MARKER 225. INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE #2 CYLINDER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE IN FLIGHT. OIL WAS PRESENT ALONG THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE, AND THE WINDSHIELD FRAGMENTS WERE COATED IN OIL. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CYLINDER, ENGINE CASE HALVES AND TWO FAILED THROUGH-BOLT STUDS BY THE NTSB METALLURGICAL LAB IS PENDING.

## 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 MIA06FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06FA024), Nov 23, 2005: Piper PA-32-300 (N666DE), Mims, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to improper installation of the #2 cylinder by maintenance personnel, which resulted in the separation of the cylinder as a result of fatigue cracking of the cylinder to…

## Other reports on N666DE (1)

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

- [Accident 20011225035169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011225035169A), Dec 25, 2001: Piper PA32300 (N666DE), Olathe, KS, No damage. (-23) Upon landing, pilot began to apply brakes, and aircraft veered left off runway surface. The aircraft then crossed the parallel taxiway and down into 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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