ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293577
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| Date: | Monday 20 June 2005 |
| Time: | 12:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Dana Lake |
| Registration: | N615SN |
| MSN: | 31-8052094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3394 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LTIO-540-J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beverly, Massachusetts -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Beverly Airport, MA (BVY/KBVY) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was test flying the airplane after recent maintenance was performed on the engines. During initial climbout, the left engine began to surge, and most of its power was lost. The air traffic control tower radioed to the pilot that heavy black smoke was trailing from the left engine, and that he was cleared to return to the airport. The pilot initiated a left turn, and continued to climb to approximately 600 feet. He then initiated a "short approach" back to the airport because he believed that the left engine might have been on fire. The airplane touched down "hard" in a grass area to the right of the runway, rolled across a taxiway, and sheared off the landing gear, before coming to rest. The pilot additionally stated on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, Recommendation (How Could This Accident Have Been Prevented), "Possibly more single engine training, and on a regular basis to stay more proficient." After the accident, the left engine was examined and test run, with no abnormalities noted.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point while conducting a precautionary landing. A factor was the partial loss of power to one engine for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC05LA103
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Oct-2022 07:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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