- Date
- October 3, 1986, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Holbrook, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12BXPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861003047599A
- Case key
- 25442
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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
Just after takeoff, the right engine lost power at an altitude of approximately 450 feet. The right propeller was feathered, but the pilot was unable to maintain altitude. Subsequently, the aircraft collided with terrain about 3 miles south of the airport. The pilot dismantled and moved the aircraft prior to the investigation which may have destroyed evidence concerning the loss of power. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12BX
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1436
- Airframe hours
- 4,316
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Black Rock Construction
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- P14
- Destination
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Airport
- Holbrook Muni
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,059 total · 804 in this make and model · 3,009 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INW, 29 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 N12BX · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.