ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39778
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Date: | Monday 27 September 1993 |
Time: | 18:23 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-31P Pressurized Navajo |
Owner/operator: | Gillingham, Kent K. |
Registration: | N891SP |
MSN: | 31P-7300145 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6374 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming TIGO-541-E1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Stinson Field, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO EMIT BLACK SMOKE. THE TOWER INFORMED THE PILOT, WHO DID NOT RESPOND, AND CONTINUED HIS TAKEOFF. AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO LEVEL OFF THEN ENTER A LEFT TURN AND IMPACT THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION. REVIEW OF AVAILABLE PILOT RECORDS INDICATED THE PILOT HAD 12 HOURS IN TYPE.
Probable Cause: FAILURE BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN VMC FOLLOWING TAKEOFF. FACTORS WERE: PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER TO ONE ENGINE FOR UNDETERMINED REASON, AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN AIRCRAFT TYPE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW93FA267 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93FA267
FAA register: 2.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=891SP Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
30-Apr-2015 00:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
11-Oct-2017 00:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time] |
11-Oct-2017 00:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
10-Apr-2024 10:58 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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