- Date
- December 19, 1988, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N109PLPilatus P-2/05
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881219055139A
- Case key
- 32372
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After an en route stop, the pilot took off in the newly acquired acft. Shortly after gear and flap retraction, the eng sustained a partial loss of power. The plt stated that all eng gages appeared normal and a turn was begun in an attempt to return to the arpt. Moments later, all power was lost and a forced ldg was attempted. During the descent, the acft clipped some trees, struck a power line, and crashed inverted into a mobile-home park. Witnesses stated the plt had attempted to fly the acft the day before, but returned due to eng problems. The single shaft dual mags were rotated by electric motor after the accident & only intermittent sparks were observed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N109PL
- Reported as
- Pilatus P-2/05
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600-29
- Airframe hours
- 1,770
- Engine
- Argus AS-410-AZ, 465 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sherman Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Sherman Aircraft Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 28, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- SGT
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,255 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,840 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 24 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.