Piper PA-23-250 N5464Y
25 July 1984 · Ponce · No injuries
Summary
On 25 July 1984 at about 18:05 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N5464Y, operated by Jose A. Rielland, was involved in an accident near Ponce. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ponce
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23-250
- Registration
- N5464Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Jose A. Rielland
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ponce → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA84LA210
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
ON INITIAL CLIMB, RIGHT ENGINE POWER LOSS OCCURRED. PLT EXECUTED EMERG PROCEDURES, ATTEMPTED GRADUAL CIRCUIT TO LAND. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO CLEAR KNOWN OBSTRUCTIONS ON RUNWAY APPROACH. PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR-UP LANDING IN CANE FIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED SELF-LOCKING SCREW IN RT ENG FUEL DIVIDER BACKED OUT, ALLOWING FUEL TO ESCAPE VIA UPPER DIVIDER BLOCK VENT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-23 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 1984 | Piper PA-23-250 | New Philadelphi, Ohio, United States | Appalachian Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 1984 | Piper PA 23-1300 | Battleground, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Feb 1984 | Piper PA-23 | Bluefield, West Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Jul 1984 | Piper PA-23 | No. Andover, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 1984 | Piper PA-23-250 | Ukiah, California, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 7 Jun 1984 | Piper PA-23-250 | Barstow, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |