# Accident 20210405009629A: Piper PA-23-250, Springfield, TN, April 5, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2021, 09:34 local time
- Place: Springfield, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Location: 36.5367° N, 86.9212° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5367&lon=-86.9212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5018Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5018Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,618 total, 13 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210405009629A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 5, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30AM CENTRAL TIME N5018Y DEPARTED THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT (M91) TO THE SOUTH ON RUNWAY 22. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS VFR WITH 10 MILES VISIBILITY AND 6500FT OVERCAST. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED HE LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT OFF IN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT GAINED 100-200FT IN ALTITUDE. AS N5018Y LEFT THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT IT BEGAN A LEFT TURN APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREE FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A SMALL WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILES FROM THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 22.

## 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 ERA21LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA173), Apr 5, 2021: Piper PA-23-250 (N5018Y), Springfield, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to abort the takeoff following a loss of left engine power due to fuel starvation. Also causal was the inadequate maintenance of the left fuel cap by unknown…

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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