# Accident 20120829024519A: Piper PA-23-150, Canton, MO, August 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2012, 17:45 local time
- Place: Canton, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0958° N, 91.5533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0958&lon=-91.5533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1486P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1486P-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (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-23-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,459 total, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA586](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA586) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120829024519A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PICKNEYVILLE-DUQUOIN AIRPORT (PJY), ILLINOIS AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 CDT FOR BLAKESBURG, IOWA ANTIQUE AIRFIELD. ACCCORDING TO STEVEN WRIGHT, AROUND 17:45 CDT HE NOTICED AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRPLANE NEAR HIS PROPERTY AT A LOW ALTITUDE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND. HE STATED HE DID NOT SEE ANY SMOKE, SO HE DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT. MR. WRIGHT LIVES APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE EAST OF THE SITE OF THE CRASH. A 75 HOUR PRIVATE PILOT WITNESS LOCATED 6.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE STATED HE SAW A TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER AT 2000 FEET AND HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER BLADES STOPPED. THIS WITNESS STATED HE COULD ONLY HEAR ONE ENGINE OPERATING. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AN APPROXIMATELY 70 FOOT TREE BEFORE IMPACTING A FIELD 93 FEET AWAY. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRUSHED TO THE COCKPIT.

## 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 CEN12FA586](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA586), Aug 29, 2012: Piper PA-23-150 (N1486P), Canton, MO, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to attempt to execute a forced landing to an open field with obstacles. Contributing to the accident was the left engine’s total loss of power due to fuel starvation as…

## Other reports on N1486P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810126008209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810126008209I), Jan 26, 1981: Piper PA23 (N1486P), Bowling Green, OH, Minor damage. After landing right gear collapsed during taxi due to actuator arm failure.

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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