- Date
- December 3, 1989, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jackson, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1361PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8185
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Probable cause
Loss of power in both engines (probable fuel starvation) due to improper planning/decision by the pilot(s), and lack of supervision by the instructor. Soft terrain in the emergency landing area was considered to be a factor.
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 pilots were conducting instrument flight training & the acft was over the VOR when the left engine lost power. The flight instructor (CFI) assumed control of the airplane & attempted to restore the power, but was unable. Shortly thereafter, the right engine quit. The CFI tried to make an emergency landing on the airport, but was unable to reach the selected runway. The acft touched down on soft terrain short of runway 20 & was damaged. An exam of the acft revealed no mechanical problems which would have prevented normal operation of the engine or acft systems. Both engines operated normally during a post-accident check. The temperature & dew point were 30 & 7 degrees, respectively. According to carburetor icing charts, carburetor icing was not probable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1361P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23410
- Airframe hours
- 6,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-C23B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bolivar Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Bolivar Aircraft Saces
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 16, 1989 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- Bolivar, TN
- Destination
- Jackson, TN
- Airport
- MKL · Mckeller Field, runway 20, 6,008 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,030 total · 253 in this make and model · 1,836 as pilot in command · 204 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N1361P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.