- Date
- April 26, 1986, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Coolidge, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7280YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860426014119A
- Case key
- 25135
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Analysis
The plt shut down the acft eng when it surged during an encounter with turbulence. The plt initiated a precautionary downwind landing on a nearby airstrip and the acft overran the rwy and collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7280Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-318
- Airframe hours
- 4,250
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George R. Lagomarsino
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1986
- Departed
- FST · Ft. Stockton, TX
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Ag Strip
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,366 total · 173 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 40 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.
Other investigations on N7280Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.