- Date
- October 6, 1988, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6815YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881006064709A
- Case key
- 32342
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot while on a ferry permit flight experienced a failure of the #4 cyl of the left engine and did not attain the vyse speed and the aircraft started to descend. The pilot ditched the aircraft in a lake and it was not recovered. No records on the engines or airframe were available. The failure of the eng had opened the cowling on the dead eng which added considerable drag to the airframe, reducing the airspeed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6815Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4154
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Souther Field Aviation
- Registered owner
- Souther Field Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- FYW · Key West, FL
- Destination
- ACJ · Americus, GA
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 45 in this make and model · 6,575 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.