- Date
- June 9, 1992, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wyatt, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1050XPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920609019449A
- Case key
- 15461
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Probable cause
An improper decision during flight when the pilot in command overflew two suitable landing areas after a partial power loss in one engine. The mechanical deficiencies in the engines were factors in the engine.
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 accident airplane collided with a ditch during a forced landing. The landing occurred after the airplane sustained a partial loss of power in the right engine, followed by a total loss of power in the left engine. The unregistered airplane was being operated as a ferry flight. The pilot stated that the right engine began running rough about 15 minutes into the flight. About 15 minutes later the left engine stopped. He attempted a restart and was not successful. He reported he could not maintain altitude and selected a road for landing. When he observed vehicles on the road he selected and ultimately landed in a wheat field. The airplane struck the ditch during the landing roll. After accident inspection of the airplane showed a defective right magneto on the right engine. A defective diaphragm was discovered in the left engine throttle body. A map review shows the pilot overflew two suitable airports after the right engine began running rough.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1050X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7250051
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Earle Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Reynolds Aviation Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- DXE · Dexter, MO
- Destination
- 80J · Hastings, FL
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 15 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
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 N1050X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.