- Date
- March 12, 1987, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62750Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870312005839A
- Case key
- 25538
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While clbg fm a go-arnd at abt 400' AGL, the instructor (CFI) shut dwn the l eng by closing the mixture & the student (pvt plt) feathered the left prop. The CFI then moved the prop ctl out of the feather psn, but the prop rmnd feathered. The CFI was unable to restart the l eng & the acft would not climb at the best single-eng rate of clb spd. It would only maint a min rate of dscnt of 50' per min. Subsequently, the acft was dmgd drg a wheels-up lndg across furrows in an alfalfa fld. The flt manual stated: do not feather a prop if there is reason to suspect that the starting character- istics of the eng are not normal or that restarting in the air may be difficult or impossible; do not feather a prop in conditions of temperature, altitude, weight or turbulence which may prevent single eng flt at altitudes well above the local ground elevation; do not feather a prop at any time when conditions of terrain or other conditions may prevent the airplane from reaching an airport, in case the dead eng cannot be restarted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62750
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277654199
- Airframe hours
- 2,108
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandler Air Service
- Registered owner
- Aztec Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1987 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- P10 · Chandler Muni, runway 22, 4,395 × 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,853 total · 202 in this make and model · 1,650 as pilot in command · 390 in the last 90 days · 123 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHD, 7 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.