# Accident 20190422003279A: Tubbs S/Performance Air Inc PA 18-225 DD, Mccall, ID, April 22, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2019, 20:42 local time
- Place: Mccall, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8811° N, 116.0036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8811&lon=-116.0036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N727WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N727WW-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tubbs S/Performance Air PA 18-225 DD (registry code 05617PY, https://openairdocs.org/model/tubbs-s-performance-air-pa-18-225-dd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TUBBS S/PERFORMANCE AIR INC PA 18-225 DD
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190422003279A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED A PRIVATE BACKCOUNTRY AIRSTRIP WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF MCCALL, ID.  THE PILOT STATED HE BEGAN A CRUISE DESCENT ENROUTE TO MCCALL AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER.  PILOT STATED THAT FOLLOWING THE REDUCTION IN POWER, THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND STRUCK, AND BECAME LODGED IN THE TOP OF, A TREE APPROXIMATELY 4.2 MILES EAST OF MCCALL, ID.

## 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 WPR19LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA120), Apr 23, 2019: Piper PA 18 225 DD (N727WW), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

## Other reports on N727WW (1)

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

- [Accident 20110825024749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110825024749A), Aug 25, 2011: Tubbs S/Performance Air Inc PA 18-225 DD (N727WW), Substantial damage. Private pilot landed on us forest service emergency use only Airstrip, for "highly experienced mountain pilots only." The first 540 feet is not usable. Pilot…

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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