# NTSB MIA83LA213: Piper PA-22, N1325C, Okeechobee, FL, August 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.530601, -80.189697 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5306&lon=-80.1897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30933
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30933/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA213

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - inadequate training, pilot in command
- Forced landing, landing

## Analysis

THE NON-RATED PLT STATED THAT THE ENG LOST POWER WHILE HE WAS FLYING OVER LAKE OKEECHOBEE. HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENG & SUBSEQUENTLY DITCHED THE ACFT IN THE LAKE. AFTER RECOVERY, THE ENG WAS INSPECTED, BUT NO PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL FAILURE WAS EVIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1325C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1325C-2013-11-07), registration cancelled 2013-11-07, S/N 22-1118, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-1118
- Airframe hours: 2604
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Del Russo Taylor
- Registered owner: Jerry O. Scott
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LNA, LANTANA, FL
- Destination: X16, TAMPA, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 45 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830827044279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827044279A), Aug 27, 1983: Piper PA22135, Okeechobee, FL, Destroyed. Crash occurred during ditching in lake Okeechobee after engine quit.

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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