- Date
- January 1, 1993, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82542Piper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930101000129A
- Case key
- 33211
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power during the downwind leg for undetermined reasons, poor in-flight planning/decision by the dual student, and inadequate supervision by the pilot-in-command (CFI).
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
After takeoff following the third touch & go landing on rwy 36, during the downwind leg where the flt was about 1 mile west of the departure rwy, the student advised the CFI that he smelled something burning & that the eng wasn't producing power. The CFI advanced & retarded the throttle & observed that the manifold pressure needle movement followed the throttle movement, then gave control of the acft back to the student. The student again stated that the eng wasn't producing power & the CFI took control, turned to the east to land on a taxiway, & landed hard short of the taxiway. Fuel quantity was sufficient to sustain eng operation & the fuel supply did not contain contaminants. The eng was started after the accident & operated only to 1,500 RPM due to damage to the propeller assy. The eng was then sent to the manufacturer's facility operated with the only discrepancy noted that the fuel flow at 80 pph was 9 pph leaner than specification. No determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82542
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8213059
- Airframe hours
- 4,323
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Patrick Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Patrick Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 15, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- TIX
- Airport
- TIX · Space Center Executive, runway 36, 6,001 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,950 total · 47 in this make and model · 960 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 1 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.