# Accident 20170527005749A: Piper PA-30, Haines, AK, May 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2017, 11:01 local time
- Place: Haines, AK
- Airport: Glacier Point
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0939° N, 135.3767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0939&lon=-135.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7376Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7376Y-2018-08-10) (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 LIO-320-BIA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170527005749A

## Narrative

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

BASED UPON THE ACCOUNTS OF THE SURVIVING PASSENGER, THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE TO DEMONSTRATE ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. FOLLOWING A LOW APPROACH OF THE RUNWAY AT GLACIER POINT THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED IN A NEARLY VERTICAL, NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING LOW ANGLE APPROXIMATELY 1000FT NORTHEAST FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE POWER LEVER FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS TOWARDS THE IDLE POSITION, THE PROPELLER LEVER WAS TOWARDS THE FEATHER POSITION,  AND THE RIGHT COWL FLAP KNOB WAS IN THE CLOSED POSITION.

THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY AND FLAPS WERE NOT EXTENDED ALTHOUGH THE FLAP SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THIS INDICATES THAT THERE WAS INSUCCIENT ELECTRICAL POWER LEADING UP TO THE ACCIDENT AS THE GEAR AND FLAPS ARE CONTROLLED ELECTRICALLY, AND ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE PROPELLER VIA ELECTRICAL MEANS. A PORTABLE BATTERY BOOSTER WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE.

## 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 WPR17FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA108), May 27, 2017: Piper PA 30 (N7376Y), Haines, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to turn toward the inoperative engine after conducting a low-level pass, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at too low an altitude to recover. Contributing to the accident…

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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