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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Carroll, OH · May 6, 2014

Date
May 6, 2014 · 21:30 local
Place
Carroll, OH
Airport
Fairfield County
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5222S
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14LA233
Reported as
Piper PA-32-300
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total4 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 5/6/2014, PIC privacy data omitted traveled to Fairfield County Ohio airport for accomplishment of practice flights. Following preflight of the aircraft, privacy data omitted and the aircraft owner, privacy data omitted departed the aircraft with no operational issues noted. privacy data omitted Was just along for the ride. The initial flight around the pattern proved uneventful. Aircraft landed on lhq runway 10. While still rolling, aircraft was again configured for normal takeoff which it accomplished again uneventful. Following configuration for landing the second time, PIC privacy data omitted attempted to add power while establishing descent to the runway. When the throttle was advanced, the engine did not respond. Following his confirmation that nothing obvious was at fault,privacy data omitted informed privacy data omitted that they had lost the engine. As privacy data omitted determined the best place to land, privacy data omitted attempted to restart the engine which was unsuccessful. The aircraft was then landed approximately .5 miles from the end of the airport runway 10 behind a local farm. The address where the aircraft came to rest was privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

ON 5/6/2014, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRAVELED TO FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO AIRPORT FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PRACTICE FLIGHTS. FOLLOWING PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO OPERATIONAL ISSUES NOTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE. THE INITIAL FLIGHT AROUND THE PATTERN PROVED UNEVENTFUL. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON LHQ RUNWAY 10. WHILE STILL ROLLING, AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN CONFIGURED FOR NORMAL TAKEOFF WHICH IT ACCOMPLISHED AGAIN UNEVENTFUL. FOLLOWING CONFIGURATION FOR LANDING THE SECOND TIME, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER WHILE ESTABLISHING DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED, THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. FOLLOWING HIS CONFIRMATION THAT NOTHING OBVIOUS WAS AT FAULT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT THEY HAD LOST THE ENGINE. AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DETERMINED THE BEST PLACE TO LAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN LANDED APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES FROM THE END OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY 10 BEHIND A LOCAL FARM. THE ADDRESS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.