# Incident 20051206029959I: Piper PA23250, Wichita, KS, December 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2005, 07:00 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DD5A
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33MP-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,203 total, 35 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051206029959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 6, 2005, FLIGHT #725, AIRCRAFT N33MP WHILE ENROUTE FROM MKC TO ICT, EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. REPORTS FROM THE WICHITA AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND PILOT, STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE, THE LEFT ENGINE WAS MAKING A SURGING MOTION, THE FUEL FLOW GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING FROM LOW TO HIGH, AND LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED FOR SAFETY MEASURES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N33MP (2)

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

- [Accident 19980825030979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980825030979A), Aug 25, 1998: Piper PA23250 (N33MP), Grosseile, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot forgot to lower landing gear.
- [Accident 19780515035539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780515035539A), May 15, 1978: Piper PA23 (N33MP), FL, Substantial damage

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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