- Date
- September 30, 1986, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Abbeville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3050ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860930046749A
- Case key
- 22097
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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 pvt plt took off on a pleasure flt with 1 pax on board. Drg the initial climb, the eng lost power at about 300 ft AGL. The plt then turned downwind & subsequently made a forced landing in a sugar cane field adjacent to the arpt. Drg the landing, the acft was substantially damaged. An exam of the eng revealed there was water in the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3050Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7004
- Airframe hours
- 2,797
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David J Yant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- AR3 · Abbeville, runway 15, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 9 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 52 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.