- Date
- April 13, 2013, 18:54 local (18:54 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27FTPiper PA-23-250
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 86650
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On April 13, 2013, about 1854 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA-23-250, N27FT, was destroyed when it impacted a residence shortly after departing from Ogle International Airport (SYGO), Georgetown, Guyana. The certificated airline transport pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The local aerial observation flight was conducted under Guyanese flight regulations. This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Guyana Civil Aviation Authority Fairlie House 96 Duke Street, Kingston Georgetown, Guyana Telephone: (592)-227-1219 Fax: (592)-225-6800 http://www.gcaa-gy.org Email: dasr@gcaa-gy.org This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the government of Guyana.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27FT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7654174
- Engines
- reciprocatingLycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Angiel Envirosafe Inc
- Registered owner
- Angiel Envirosafe Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SYGO · Georgetown
- Destination
- SYGO · Georgetown
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 71
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 23, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 98 KB in all.