- Date
- January 27, 1991, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N610FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910127001139A
- Case key
- 32817
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power after takeoff due to undetermined reasons resulting in the emergency descent and in-flight collision with the power line then the ground.
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
The plt stated that the eng run-up prior to departure was normal. After takeoff with about 40 gals of fuel aboard at an alt of about 300 ft AGL, the eng lost power. Attempts to correct were unsuccessful. During the descent, the acft collided with a power line then the ground. Exam of the acft revealed no determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N610FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125488
- Airframe hours
- 8,714
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Achord, Marvin L.
- Registered owner
- Achord, Marvin L.
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1990 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- X21 · Arthur Dunn Air Park, runway 33, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 436 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 7 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.