- Date
- October 30, 1986, 14:10 local (Oct 31, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Eleele Kauai, HI
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N33WHPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861030085829A
- Case key
- 25463
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Piper pa 31-350 lost power and collided with sign posts after landing on a road. It was reported to the FAA that the aircraft's right engine was producing partial power and the aircraft was unable to maintain altitude on the left engine. The pilot never confirmed whether or not the right engine had failed and never feathered the propeller allowing the propeller to windmill. The pilot maintained a descent at vyse and landed on a road two miles short of the airport. Examination of the acft revealed no mechanical failure or malfunction after the accident. The right engine and fuel system were tested with no discrepancies found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33WH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 317405482
- Airframe hours
- 4,056
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Tour Aquisition Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 16, 1986 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- OGG · Kahului, HI
- Destination
- LIH · Lihue, HI
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PAK · Port Allen, runway 27, 2,450 × 60 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,206 total · 141 in this make and model · 4,321 as pilot in command · 149 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIH, 16 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.