# NTSB FTW84FA156: Piper PA-23-250, N777RG, Fort Worth, TX, March 6, 1984 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report - Date: March 6, 1984, 10:53 local (16:53 UTC) - Place: Fort Worth, TX - Coordinates: 32.820751, -97.36071 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8208&lon=-97.3607&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 21107 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA156 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21107/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA156 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb - fuel tank selector position - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - emergency procedure - not used, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - emergency procedure - not understood, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - judgment - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown - judgment - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - propeller feathering - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR THE ARPT WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE STOPPED AT ABOUT 50-100 FT AGL DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. THE CFI ABOARD SAID HE HAD POSITIONED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR TO THE INBOARD TANKS PRIOR TO THE LAST APPROACH OR THE ONE BEFORE AND DID NOT TOUCH THEM AGAIN. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE LEFT SELECTOR WAS ON THE INBOARD TANK. THE RIGHT SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO OFF AND THE CROSSFEED CONTROL WAS OFF. DURING THEEMERGENCY THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED A RIGHT ENGINE RESTART WAS NOT ATTEMPTED. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS NOT FEATHERED AND A TURN OF 145 DEGREES WAS MADE INTO THE 'DEAD' ENGINE. A RWY ALIGNED WITH THE TAKEOFF RWY WAS LESS THAN 3 MILES AHEAD. THE ACFT LANDED GEAR DOWN AND FLAPS UP. BOTH MAIN GEAR SEPARATED ON LANDING. WHEN THE FUEL SYSTEM, WAS PROPERLY POSITIONED AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THE ACFT PUT ON A FLATBED BOTH ENGINES OPERATED SATISFACTORILY. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N777RG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777RG-1985-01-11), registration cancelled 1985-01-11, S/N 27-4216 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250 - Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 27-4216 - Airframe hours: 3024 - Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5 250 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Jacquelin Laurent, doing business as Pegasus Aeronautical Center - Registered owner: Aero Plane Shop,Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 28, 1983 - Departed: FTW, FT. WORTH, TX - Airport: FTW, Meacham Field ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 22; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 581 total, 16 in this make and model, 474 as pilot in command, 192 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 18 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: FTW ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19840306006989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840306006989A), Mar 6, 1984: Piper PA23250, Ft Worth, TX, Destroyed. Lost the right engine on climbout. Failed to clean up aircraft and stalled on forced landing. Fuel selector on off. ## Other investigations on N777RG (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW79FQG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG26), Mar 14, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N777RG), Denver City, TX, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.