# NTSB MIA82FKT09: Piper PA-36, N57750, Delray Beach, FL, April 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: April 2, 1982, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Delray Beach, FL
- Location: 26.4559° N, 80.0904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Delray Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4559&lon=-80.0904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70451
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82FKT09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70451/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FKT09

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - fuel system - undetermined (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - leak (cause)
- Fire, descent - emergency
  - miscellaneous - fire (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - load jettison - performed, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT NOTED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. HE THOUGHT HE COULD SMELL SMOKE AND TURNED THE MASTER AND ALTERNATOR SWITCHES OFF. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND THE PILOT DUMPED THE LOAD. HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A CANAL. AS HE WAS LANDING, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE CANAL. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS FIRE EVERYWHERE. HE JUMPED INTO THE CANAL AND SWAN AWAY FROM THE FIRE AND TO THE SHORE. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NO. 3 INTAKE PIPE, PN 75113, HAD SPLIT OPEN AT THE TOP. AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIRE DAMAGE INDICATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A BLOW TORCH EFFECT COMING FROM THE AREA OF THE NO. 3 CYLINDER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N57750](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57750-1984-08-20), registration cancelled 1984-08-20, S/N 36-7660068 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-36
- Registry model: [Piper PA-36-285](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (registry code 7103610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 367660068
- Airframe hours: 2613
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-720-A1B 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: King And Tennille
- Registered owner: King And Tennille
- Departed: BASSO, FL
- Destination: BASSO, FL
- Airport: X12, Basso

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 20,768 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20,500 as pilot in command, 215 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820402007769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820402007769A), Apr 2, 1982: Piper PA36285, Delray Beach, FL, Destroyed. Engine lost power, caught fire. Ditched in a canal. Engine intake pipe split open. Stretched overheated valves.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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