# Accident 20160714011979A: Piper PA-23-150, Kailua Kona, HI, July 14, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2016, 15:17 local time
- Place: Kailua Kona, HI
- Airport: Kona International At Keahole
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7389° N, 156.0456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7389&lon=-156.0456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3180P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3180P-2019-10-04) (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 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 7 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160714011979A

## Narrative

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

N3180P, PA23, VFR FROM JRF TO KOA REPORTED TO THE R5 CONTROLLER THAT THEY WERE HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS. AT 0115Z N3180P DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOSSING POWER IN BOTH ENGINES, THEY DID NOT KNOW IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO KOA. 2 SOB, FUEL UNKNOWN. HCF CONTACTED SAR AND ADVISED THEM THAT WE HAD AN AIRCRAFT POSSIBLY GOING DOWN. AT 0117Z N3180P REPORTED TO R5 THAT THEY WERE GOING DOWN. LOCATION APPROXIMATELY WAS KOA309 AT 24 DME. ROC AND DEN NOTIFIED. 8020-9 FILED.

## 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 WPR16LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA140), Jul 15, 2016: Piper PA 23-150 (N3180P), Kona, HI, destroyed. Probable cause: The total loss of power in both engines during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane was not recovered from the ocean.

## Other reports on N3180P (1)

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

- [Incident 20020920030359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020920030359I), Sep 20, 2002: Piper PA23150 (N3180P), Kapolei, HI, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot in command/flight instructor stated that on the 3rd single-engine landing, with all check lists completed and gear lights verified, the…

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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