- Date
- June 10, 1989, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Naked Island, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9213PPiper PA-24
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890610015089A
- Case key
- 5197
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Probable cause
Engine failure for an unknown reason.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was cruising at 10,000 ft MSL when the plt noticed a loss of manifold pressure. He descended to 5000 ft, where the temp was 38 deg f, but the manifold pressure did not get above 20' hg. Subsequently, the eng stopped producingpower & the plt was forced to ditch the acft in prince william sound near Naked Island. The plt & pax were rescued by a nearby boat crew & treated for hypothermia. The acft sank in deep water & was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9213P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA24-260B
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jacob Kertz
- Registered owner
- Florida Lakes Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1988 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9213P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.