- Date
- October 7, 1986, 12:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5056SPiper PA-28-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861007079769A
- Case key
- 31808
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated the acft lost power and he was unable to make it to the arpt. The acft crashed in a field about 3/4 of a mile from the Lakeland arpt. Post crash examination of the eng revealed a complete failure of both magnetos, resulting in the loss of power experienced by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5056S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35785
- Airframe hours
- 2,680
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas V. Maloney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1986
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 20 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.