- Date
- August 27, 1991, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9222KPiper PA32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910827036839A
- Case key
- 27342
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Probable cause
The pilot operating the aircraft with a known engine discrepancy that would cause the engine to lose power due to restriction to the exhaust system.
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
The aircraft collided with the airport perimeter fence after the pilot experienced a loss of engine power immediately after takeoff. The pilot was ferrying the aircraft without a permit to another airfield to fix a known engine exhaust system discrepancy. A maintenance person advised the pilot beforehand that the aircraft should not be flown with the problem. The aircraft service manual indicates low engine power could be caused by a restriction in the exhaust system. The muffler was found to be broken in the area adjacent to the number 6 cylinder stack attach point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9222K
- Reported as
- Piper PA32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7680197
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Barron Thomas Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Barron Thomas Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 9, 1991
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.