Piper PA-23-160 N3464P

Summary

On 30 July 1988 at about 15:25 local time, a Piper PA-23-160 registered N3464P was involved in an accident near Avon Park, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 July 1988 at 15:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Avon Park, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Avon Park (AVO)

Coordinates

27.5906, -81.5006

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-160

Registration

N3464P

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Lauderdale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88FA239

2 people died.

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 RADIOED THAT HE WOULD BE CONDUCTING A SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT APRCH. 2 PLT WITNESSES, 1 OF WHOM WAS A CFI, STATED THAT ACFT WAS SEEN ON FINAL APRCH AT ABOUT 200 FT WITH THE LEFT PROP FEATHERED & THE GEAR & FLAPS DOWN. THEY STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE ACFT WAS IN A PROPER POSITION TO SAFELY LAND, A SINGLE ENGINE GO-AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED WHICH RESPONDED NORMALLY, BUT THE GEAR & FLAPS REMAINED EXTENDED FOR THE REMAINER OF THE FLT. RWY HDG WAS MAINTAINED BUT THE ACFT BEGAN SINKING & LOSING AIRSPEED. APPROX 1/4 MI FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY & ABOUT 150 FT AGL, THE NOSE ROSE & THE ACFT ROLLED LEFT & ENTERED A SPIN OF ABOUT 1/2 TURN WITH THE NOSE DOWN ABOUT 60 DEGREES. AN ABRUPT POWER REDUCTION WAS HEARD & THE SPIN STOPPED, BUT THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND BEFORE RECOVERY COULD BE EFFECTED. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT & ENGS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.