- Date
- November 23, 1991, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hilliard, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7304KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911123053459A
- Case key
- 33037
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons and unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the low ceiling encountered and reduced in-flight planning decision time 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 VFR on top the plt stated that the eng experienced a loss of power. After breaking out of the clouds the plt observed a field & performed a forced landing. After touchdown he intentionally ground looped the acft to avoid obstructions ahead. The acft was examined 2 days after the accident by an FAA inspector. The acft was secured & the eng was started & found to operate normally. No determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7304K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-213
- Airframe hours
- 3,855
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Slovenz, Joseph N.
- Registered owner
- Slovenz, Joseph N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 5A9 · Warm Springs, GA
- Destination
- X47 · Bunnell, 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 15 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 32 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.