# Accident 20130725016619A: Piper PA-30, Amarillo, TX, July 25, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2013, 08:45 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1906° N, 101.8233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1906&lon=-101.8233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8306Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8306Y-2013-11-05) (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: 642 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA432) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130725016619A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 25, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 AM LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-30 (TWIN COMANCHE) N8306Y, OPERATED BY THE PILOT , LOST CONTROL WHILE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT FOLLOWING A LEFT ENGINE FAILURE.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS A PERSONAL BUSINESS FLIGHT FROM THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT (KTDW) IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, TO THE LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KLBB), IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VFR PART 91 FLIGHT RULES BUT NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT HELD AN FAA ISSUED PRIVATE PILOT AIRMAN CERTIFICATE WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE AND MULTIENGINE LAND CLASS RATINGS.  THE PILOT DEPARTED THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT RUNWAY 17 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:33 AM, CONTACTED AMARILLO APPROACH CONTROL, AND REQUESTED FLIGHT FOLLOWING.  SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE TROUBLE AND WAS RETURNING TO THE TRADEWIND AIRPORT.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 0.8 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF RUNWAY 17 AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A RIGHT TURN MIDWAY BETWEEN THE BASE LEG AND FINAL APPROACH.

## 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 CEN13FA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA432), Jul 25, 2013: Piper PA-30 (N8306Y), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after a loss of left engine power due to water-contaminated fuel. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a proper preflight that could have…

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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