Piper PA-28R-201 N3965M

Summary

On 9 June 1987 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201 registered N3965M, operated by Beaver Aviation Service, Inc., was involved in an accident near Unity, Ohio, 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

9 June 1987 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Unity, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

40.8297, -80.5408

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201

Registration

N3965M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Beaver Aviation Service, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaver Falls → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87LA164

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

THE CFI REPORTED THAT HE REDUCED PWR TO NEAR IDLE WITH THE THROTTLE, TO HAVE HIS STUDENT PRACTICE A SIMULATED FORCED LDG. THE ENGINE SUBSEQUENTLY LOST PWR COMPLETELY AT ABOUT 400-500 FT AGL WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD PWR BACK SO THAT THE STUDENT COULD INITIATE A GO-AROUND. SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS TO REGAIN PWR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND A FORCED LDG WAS MADE IN A FIELD. THE CFI NOTED THAT HE HAD INCREASED THE PWR MOMENTARILY SEVERAL TIMES DURING DESCENT TO 'CLEAR' THE ENGINE, AND THAT HE WAS 'SLOWLY' OPENING THE THROTTLE WHEN THE ENGINE LOST PWR. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE BY THE FAA REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PRE-EXISTING MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.