ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373999
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Date: | Thursday 30 October 1986 |
Time: | 15:10 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 |
Owner/operator: | Air Tour Aquisition Corp. |
Registration: | N33WH |
MSN: | 317405482 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4056 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING TIO-540-J2BD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Eleele Kauai, HI -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Kahului, HI (OGG) |
Destination airport: | Lihue, HI (LIH) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A PIPER PA 31-350 LOST POWER AND COLLIDED WITH SIGN POSTS AFTER LANDING ON A ROAD. IT WAS REPORTED TO THE FAA THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT ENGINE WAS PRODUCING PARTIAL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT NEVER CONFIRMED WHETHER OR NOT THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD FAILED AND NEVER FEATHERED THE PROPELLER ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO WINDMILL. THE PILOT MAINTAINED A DESCENT AT VYSE AND LANDED ON A ROAD TWO MILES SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE RIGHT ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM WERE TESTED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX87LA030 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX87LA030
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