- Date
- October 31, 1990, 15:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Osteen, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9926PPiper PA-36-285
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901031048879A
- Case key
- 32788
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power, for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed from a private airstrip to conduct an aerial application flight. VFR conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The pilot stated he was at 100 feet AGL maneuvering to make an aerial application spray run of chemicals to the south when the engine quit. The pilot took evasive action to clear wires. The left wing collided with the terrain. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot was not injured. An engine teardown analysis was conducted. The cause for total loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9926P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-285
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7560036
- Airframe hours
- 4,902
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CA2, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Potters Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Potters Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1990 · 342 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Zellwood, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,959 total · 380 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 25 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.