Piper PA-23-250 N36LS

Summary

On 14 August 1986 at about 21:26 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N36LS, operated by Wesley R. McCutcheon, was involved in an accident near Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1986 at 21:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Ft. Lauderdale Executive (FXE)

Coordinates

26.1190, -80.1296

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N36LS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Wesley R. McCutcheon

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA235

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER IN THE LEFT ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO CORROSION BLOCKING THE MAIN JET IN THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE ENGINE AND RETURNED FOR A LANDING. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL HE REMEMBERED HE WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR DUE TO THE GEAR HYDRAULIC PUMP BEING INSTALLED ON THE LEFT ENGINE. WHEN HE COMPLETED EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT WAS HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND ONLY ONE ENGINE OPERATING. ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON THE TAXI WAY OF AN ADJACENT RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TAXI WAY INTO A DITCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.