- Date
- October 19, 1990, 12:34 local (16:34 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23665Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901019046579A
- Case key
- 32785
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight of the airplane by the pilot-in-command.
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
While performing airwork the engine quit. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and a forced landing was made in about 2 ft of water. The airplane nosed over but the wings were not submerged. The next day the pilot disconnected the fuel line to the inlet of the engine driven fuel pump and discovered rust-colored water. Water was subsequently discovered inside the pump. According to the pilot the airplane had flown aprx 4 hrs during the preceding 5 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23665
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0148
- Airframe hours
- 2,192
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steve Corbett
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1990 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,526 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,386 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- TMB, 8 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.
Other investigations on N23665 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.