- Date
- July 2, 1988, 16:54 local (20:54 UTC)
- Place
- Friendly, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1021PPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880702024799A
- Case key
- 11371
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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
Shortly after takeoff at an altitude of 200 ft AGL, a power loss was experienced on the left engine. According to the plt, when the throttle was retarded to verify the engine failure, the engine seemed to 'come back to life'. The throttle was advanced and once again a loss of power was experienced. Unable to gain enough altitude to clear the surrounding terrain and return to the airport, the plt elected to make a gear-up forced landing in a field. The airplane slid for 333 ft before coming to rest. Inspection of the airplane, engine and engine components failed to reveal any mechanical failure/malfunction. The only discrepancy found were several pieces of a silicon rubber type material inside the left main fuel tank near the fuel pick-up line screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1021P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-23
- Airframe hours
- 5,247
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Operator
- Uscg
- Registered owner
- Professional Flight Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- W28 · Ft. Washington, MD
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- W28 · P.G. Airpark
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,114 total · 28 in this make and model · 1,866 as pilot in command · 283 in the last 90 days · 118 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.