- Date
- May 21, 1991, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mankato, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2906ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910521016759A
- Case key
- 15068
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to an unlocked engine primer. Factors related to the accident were that the pre takeoff check list was not followed by the pilot and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 pilot said that shortly after takeoff a partial loss of engine power was experienced. An emergency landing was attempted in a farm field which resulted in a nose over. Post accident investigation revealed a faulty engine primer lock. When the engine was run up and the primer became unlocked, the engine RPM would drop, which conincided with the pilot's statement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2906Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6877
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve/Chris Napier
- Departed
- MKT · Mankato, MN
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 105 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MKT, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.