# Accident 20100427032559A: Piper PA-30, Merced, CA, April 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2010, 11:35 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2864° N, 120.4544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2864&lon=-120.4544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N847DE-2013-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,805 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100427032559A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 27TH ,2010 ABOUT 1135 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-30, N847DE, DEPARTED THE MERCED AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY  15  MINUTES LATER THE PILOT THE PILOT DECLARED A EMERGENCY AND STATED THE FOLLOWING; " ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE/PROBLEMS IN THE COCKPIT.. I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT BACK TO MERCED AIRPORT…. I'M FOLLOWING CHILDS AVE….   THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING VERY LOW ALMOST HITTING A MC DONALD'S. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND CLEARED THE BUILDING BUT FLEW INTO A TREE, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO FLY AND HIT A 75 FT TELEPHONE POLE RIGHT BETWEEN THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FUSELAGE, THE TOP 4 FEET WAS KNOCKED DOWN OF THE POLE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO FLY AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 99 AT 15 FEET BEFORE IT HIT THE EMBANKMENT OF THE CHILDS AVE OFF RAMP.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND FUSELAGE AS IT CONTINUED TO SLIDE UP THE EMBANKMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 66 FT.

## 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 WPR10FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA217), Apr 27, 2010: Piper PA-30 (N847DE), Merced, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation due to the combined effect of multiple unreported medical conditions.

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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