- Date
- December 8, 1991, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22213Piper PA-32RT-300T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911208058409A
- Case key
- 33039
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
Shortly after takeoff after climbing to 900, the flt leveled off & the plt pulled the power back to 24 inches manifold pressure. Shortly thereafter he stated that the eng began to run rough then quit. He verified the fuel selector was positioned to the rt fuel tank & that the auxiliary fuel boost pump was on, checked each magneto, with negative results. He landed the acft in a field gear up. The eng was removed from the acft & placed on a test stand for the eng run. It started but during a magneto check at 1,700 RPM, the eng began to backfire momentarily when positioned to the rt magneto position, but continued to run. The magneto assy was removed & examined which revealed no determination could be made as to the reason for the reported total loss of eng power. The fuel servo was removed and placed on a test stand which revealed that it was not functioning normally but could not be determined if this was post or pre-impact. An AD had not been accomplished. No determination could be made as to the reason for the reported total loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22213
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300T (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7887248
- Airframe hours
- 994
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William S. Morse
- Registered owner
- Barristaire, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1991 · 1 hours before
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 839 total · 127 in this make and model · 697 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.