- Date
- February 7, 1993, 14:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place
- New Cumberland, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32307Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930207052039A
- Case key
- 37296
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, resulting in a forced landing in the river.
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 student pilot made a touch and go landing and started to climb for another approach. At approximately 800 feet, the engine lost power. The pilot said, ' [I] turned carb heat on...an immediate increase in power [occurred] followed by a drop in power.' The power loss continued, and the pilot made a forced landing in the river. After drying the engine, the FAA was able to run the engine 'smoothly during the run-up period.' No evidence of fuel contamination was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32307
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515122
- Airframe hours
- 4,916
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Multserv Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Rick Trout
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1992
- Airport
- CXY · Capital City, runway 12, 3,894 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 19 in this make and model · 0.6 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N32307 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.