# NTSB NYC92DGM02: Peres 5151, N5151M, Erie, PA, June 19, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1992, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Erie, PA
- Coordinates: 42.130107, -80.139404 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1301&lon=-80.1394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 9, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC92DGM02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92DGM02

## Probable cause

SEIZURE OF THE #2 PISTON WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOST OF ENGINE POWER AND SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH TREES DURING A FORCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - engine assembly,piston - seized (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON CLIMBOUT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING GOOD, AND THEN IT LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING TO AN OPEN FIELD, BUT LANDED SHORT AND STRUCK TREES. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE #2 CYLINDER PISTON HAD SEIZED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5151M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5151M), registered now, S/N 5151-2676117 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PERES 5151
- Registry model: [Peres Victor L 5151](https://openairdocs.org/model/peres-victor-l-5151) (registry code 1690698) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 5151-2676117
- Engines: ROTAX 582 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Victor Peres
- Registered owner: Victor Peres
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 1900
- Departed: ERI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 1,970 total, 1 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920619020219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920619020219A), Jun 19, 1992: Erie, PA, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Struck trees trying land in a field. Engine had seized.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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