# Accident 20110109000629A: Piper PA-22-150, Lopez Island, WA, January 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2011, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lopez Island, WA
- Airport: Lopez Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4839° N, 122.9375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4839&lon=-122.9375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5850D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5850D-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110109000629A

## Narrative

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

ASEL TRAININ FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT FRIDAY HARBOR AIRPORT ON 1-09-2011 AT 1245 HRS. CFI WITH STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT OF THE PIPER PA-22 TRIPACER AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT WAS PREPATORY FOR PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST AND HAD FLOWN FOR APPROX. 30  MINUTES THEN PROCEEDED TO LOPEZ ISLAND AIRPORT FOR PATTERN WORK. ON THE SECOND TAKEOFF FROM THE LOPEZ AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE CFI TOOK CONROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INITIATED A TURN OF 135 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT PLANNING ON AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO AN OPEN GRASS FIELD. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST AT A WIRE FENCE AND SMALL BRUSH LINE.  THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND FOLDED REARWARD DURING THE LAST 100 FEET OF THE LANDING ROLL. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BROKE SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH A LEFT WING TIP JUST OFF THE GROUND AND THE LEFT WINDOW BROKEN OUT.  NO PROPELLOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED WHICH WOULD SUPPORT A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER CREWMEMBER. PILOTS WALKED TO A NEARBY HOUSE AND CALLED AUTHORITIES.

## 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 WPR11LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA095), Jan 9, 2011: Piper PA-22-150 (N5850D), Lopez, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during initial climb for undetermined reasons.

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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