- Date
- March 28, 1991, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5335ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910328007769A
- Case key
- 11667
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Probable cause
The lost of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 two pilots were practicing landings when a go around was initiated. The engine lost power shortly afterwards. A forced landing was made in a field beyond the runway end, where the airplane nosed over. The examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5335Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9044
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Duncan
- Registered owner
- Michael Duncan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1990 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- W32 · Washington Ex./Hyde Field, runway 23, 3,000 × 60 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 250 in this make and model · 630 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N5335Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.