- Date
- June 3, 1989, 19:19 local (Jun 4, 1989, 00:19 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4906PPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890603014189A
- Case key
- 22875
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Initially the loss of power on the left engine due to an inadequate preflight by the pilot. A secondary cause was a inadvertent feathering of the wrong propeller by the pilot.
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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
1 engine
Fluid,fuel - contaminationFactor
Fluid,fuel - waterFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateFactor
Aborted takeoff - not performedCause
Propeller feathering - not performedCause
Wrong propeller feathered - inadvertentCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4906P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-497
- Airframe hours
- 3,723
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rhima, Bassiony
- Registered owner
- Rhima, Bassiony
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1989 · 16 hours before
- Destination
- F67 · Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport
- FTW
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 319 total · 107 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.