- Date
- October 12, 1987, 16:08 local (20:08 UTC)
- Place
- St. Thomas
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6475YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31989
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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
After departure, aprx 3 miles west of the arpt at St. Thomas, the plt reported to the tower that the flt was returning to land due to a loss of power from the left eng. He secured it, returned to land, & on short final, positioned the landing gear selector handle down, but with no results. The tower then advised the plt that the hydraulic pump which extends the gear and flaps is located on the lt eng. The plt then performed a go around, pumped the gear down, & while on base to final, advised the tower that the rt eng was missing. After turning final the plt advised the tower that the acft was going in the water. Examination of the acft & engs revealed no evidence or pre-impact failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6475Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 273770
- Airframe hours
- 6,820
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roosevelt Roads Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Roosevelt Rd Flying Club Navy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1987 · 86 hours before
- Destination
- X95 · Fajardo, PR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- STT · Cyril E King
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 346 total · 7 in this make and model · 256 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STT, 25 nm away