Piper PA-38-112 N4374E

Summary

On 11 May 1986 at about 23:47 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N4374E, operated by Phoenix East Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 May 1986 at 23:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N4374E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Phoenix East Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Myers → Daytona Beach

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA154

1 person had minor injuries.

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

FLT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DESCENDING FOR LANDING. WHILE APPROACHING A FIELD FOR A FORCED LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ELECTRICAL POWER LINES AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE FIELD. THE ENGINE WAS OPERATED TO FULL POWER AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF PRECRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. POST CRASH CALCULATIONS REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT SHOULD HAVE HAD 12 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATION UNDER CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO SERIOUS CARBURETOR ICING AT GLIDE POWER HOWEVER THE PILOT STATED CARBURETOR HEAT WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE DESCENT. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE CARBURETOR HEAT SYSTEM REVEALED IT TO BE INTACT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.