- Date
- February 9, 1992, 16:22 local (21:22 UTC)
- Place
- New York, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9147JPiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920209002469A
- Case key
- 37125
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Probable cause
A power loss of undetermined origin over unsuitable terrain.
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 airplane engine lost power during a climb and the pilot made a forced landing on a roadway. The engine was test run and the fuel servo test flowed satisfactorily. No evidence of contamination or blockage was found with the fuel system. The pilot reported the power loss had occurred once before 2 weeks earlier. When the airplane and engine were checked by a mechanic no anomalies were found and the airplane was returned to flying status. The cause of the power loss could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9147J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-130118
- Airframe hours
- 659
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald F. Kaplan
- Registered owner
- Ronald F. Kaplan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1991 · 182 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- BED · Bedford, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LGA · La Guardia
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,162 total · 480 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGA, 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.