# Accident 20061003024229A: Piper PA24250, Hammonton, NJ, October 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2006, 12:10 local time
- Place: Hammonton, NJ
- Airport: Hammonton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6717° N, 74.7550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6717&lon=-74.7550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5097P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5097P-2013-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 230 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003024229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT HAMMONTON AIRPORT N.J. JUST PRIOR TO TURNING BASE LEG THE PILOT TURNED ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP PER THE LANDING CHECKLIST. ON BASE LEG THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AND TURNED BASE TO FINAL AND ESTABLISHED A GLIDE AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED SEVERAL TREES PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A SWAMPY WOODED AREA SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 21. ON 20 OCTOBER 2006 AN AIRCRAFT EXAMINATION WAS CONDUCTED BY FAA INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT ANGLIN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY FACILITY NEAR CLAYTON DELAWARE. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ACCESSORY GEARS REVEALED THE ABSENCES OF SEVERAL TEETH ON THE LEFT INTERMITTENT GEAR WHICH IS DRIVEN BY THE CRANKSHAFT GEAR THAT IN SEQUENCE DRIVES THE CAMSHAFT GEAR AND THE LEFT MAGNETO. THIS MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 NYC07LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA001), Oct 3, 2006: Piper PA-24-250 (N5097P), Hammonton, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Displacement of the idler gear assembly, which resulted in a loss of camshaft timing, and a subsequent engine failure. Contributing to the accident was the swampy terrain condition.

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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