- Date
- June 14, 1983, 19:00 local (Jun 15, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2054PPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830614025249A
- Case key
- 16094
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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
The acft landed wheels-up with one engine feathered and nosed over during the slide-out. The pilot had intentionally feathered the left engine to 'try out' the acft. The left engine has the only engine driven hydraulic pump. This pump isnecessary to lower landing gear and flaps. There was not time to lower the gear by emergency means so the acft was landed gear and flaps up. During the landing the acft nosed over and was destroyed. There was no fire and all occupants were able to exit the wreckage uninjured. The landing was made in a field off the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2054P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 4,945
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian A. Robert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1982 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- ND29 · La Moure, ND
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 10,900 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JMS, 10 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.