Piper PA-28R-201T N442G

Summary

On 5 May 2012 at about 19:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201T registered N442G, operated by Flyin OUT LLC, was involved in an accident near Williston, Florida, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 May 2012 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Williston, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Williston Municipal (X60)

Coordinates

29.3533, -82.4697

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201T

Registration

N442G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flyin OUT LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ocala → Williston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12LA340

Nobody was injured.

Loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination and testing, which included a successful postaccident engine run.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After completing a local sightseeing flight and two touch-and-go landings at a nearby airport, the pilot departed to return to the airplane’s base airport. During takeoff, at an altitude of about 400 feet above ground level, the engine experienced a loss of power. The pilot maneuvered the airplane toward a grassy area and performed a gear-up landing, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. Postaccident examination of the airframe revealed that both fuel tanks were about half full of fuel. A successful postaccident test run of the engine failed to reveal any evidence of a preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure. Additionally, the weather conditions at the time of the accident were not conducive to the formation of carburetor ice at high power settings.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.