- Date
- August 27, 1987, 19:30 local (Aug 28, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chelan, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6901KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870827048329A
- Case key
- 40535
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Analysis
The pilot was observed making a engine out landing at his private grass/dirt strip. The dirt strip is located on a plateau with the runway starting at the edge of the plateau. The aircraft impacted in a steep nose down attitude below the runway level on a heading perpendicular to the runway. The magneto switch was found in the off position. Witnesses reported the pilot had practiced dead eng landings at the airstrip before the accident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6901K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,168
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don J. Perri
- Registered owner
- Don J Perri
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 194 hours before
- Airport
- runway 34, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,372 total · 59 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAT, 29 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.