Pilatus P-2/05 N109PL
19 December 1988 · St. Augustine, Florida, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 19 December 1988 at about 20:50 local time, a Pilatus P-2/05 registered N109PL, operated by Sherman Aircraft Sales, was involved in an accident near St. Augustine, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St. Augustine, Florida, United States
- Coordinates
- 29.8905, -81.3094
- Aircraft
- Pilatus P-2/05
- Registration
- N109PL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sherman Aircraft Sales
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → West Palm Beach
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA89LA053
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
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
AFTER AN EN ROUTE STOP, THE PILOT TOOK OFF IN THE NEWLY ACQUIRED ACFT. SHORTLY AFTER GEAR AND FLAP RETRACTION, THE ENG SUSTAINED A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PLT STATED THAT ALL ENG GAGES APPEARED NORMAL AND A TURN WAS BEGUN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. MOMENTS LATER, ALL POWER WAS LOST AND A FORCED LDG WAS ATTEMPTED. DURING THE DESCENT, THE ACFT CLIPPED SOME TREES, STRUCK A POWER LINE, AND CRASHED INVERTED INTO A MOBILE-HOME PARK. WITNESSES STATED THE PLT HAD ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE ACFT THE DAY BEFORE, BUT RETURNED DUE TO ENG PROBLEMS. THE SINGLE SHAFT DUAL MAGS WERE ROTATED BY ELECTRIC MOTOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT & ONLY INTERMITTENT SPARKS WERE OBSERVED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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