20060128012579A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Lancaster, PA · January 28, 2006

Date
January 28, 2006 · 17:30 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9183Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC06LA064
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total2 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On January 28, 2006 at approximately 1 pm EST, aircraft N9183Y departed Lancaster pa (lns) and flew to cape may NJ (wwd). At approximately 4:30 pm on the same day, the aircraft departed wwd for a return flight to lns. At approximately 12 miles out from lns, the pilot reported that he experienced a loss of engine power. Air traffic diverted him to smoketown pa (37PA). The pilot was unable to make the 37PA airport and the aircraft crashed into a barn two and one half miles north west of 37PA airport. The aircraft was destroyed. End.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 28, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM EST, AIRCRAFT N9183Y DEPARTED LANCASTER PA (LNS) AND FLEW TO CAPE MAY NJ (WWD). AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM ON THE SAME DAY, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WWD FOR A RETURN FLIGHT TO LNS. AT APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES OUT FROM LNS, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AIR TRAFFIC DIVERTED HIM TO SMOKETOWN PA (37PA). THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE 37PA AIRPORT AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A BARN TWO AND ONE HALF MILES NORTH WEST OF 37PA AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. END.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.