- Date
- February 3, 1994, 15:17 local (20:17 UTC)
- Place
- Tamarac, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15635Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940203003579A
- Case key
- 37490
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined causes.
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 pilot was in cruise flight when the engine began to run rough and lost power. He executed a forced landing and the airplane wing broke off on landing. Examination of the fuel system and engine failed to determine any reason for the loss of power. The airplane was placed on a trailer, the engine was started and ran normally.
Factual narrative
On February 3, 1994, about 1517 eastern standard time, N15635, a Piper PA-32-300, registered to Milton Jacobson, crashed in Tamarac, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot, the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight originated at Homestead, Florida, about 40 minutes earlier.
The pilot stated while on approach at 1,500 feet msl the engine began to run rough and failed. The pilot then executed a forced landing to a construction area. Examination of the airplane fuel system and engine was conducted by an FAA inspector and no failures that would cause an engine failure were noted. The airplane was removed from the crash site to a local airport. The airplane was placed on a trailer, the engine was started and ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15635
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7340054
- Airframe hours
- 2,492
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jacobson, Milton C.
- Registered owner
- Jacobson, Milton C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1994 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- X51 · Homestead, FL
- Destination
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 798 total · 570 in this make and model · 798 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE, 6 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.
Other investigations on N15635 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.