Piper PA-23-250 N62750

Summary

On 12 March 1987 at about 21:45 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N62750, operated by Chandler Air Service, was involved in an accident near Chandler, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 March 1987 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Chandler, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Chandler Muni (P10)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N62750

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Chandler Air Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chandler → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA141

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE CLBG FM A GO-ARND AT ABT 400' AGL, THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) SHUT DWN THE L ENG BY CLOSING THE MIXTURE & THE STUDENT (PVT PLT) FEATHERED THE LEFT PROP. THE CFI THEN MOVED THE PROP CTL OUT OF THE FEATHER PSN, BUT THE PROP RMND FEATHERED. THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE L ENG & THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB AT THE BEST SINGLE-ENG RATE OF CLB SPD. IT WOULD ONLY MAINT A MIN RATE OF DSCNT OF 50' PER MIN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS DMGD DRG A WHEELS-UP LNDG ACROSS FURROWS IN AN ALFALFA FLD. THE FLT MANUAL STATED: DO NOT FEATHER A PROP IF THERE IS REASON TO SUSPECT THAT THE STARTING CHARACTER- ISTICS OF THE ENG ARE NOT NORMAL OR THAT RESTARTING IN THE AIR MAY BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE; DO NOT FEATHER A PROP IN CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE, ALTITUDE, WEIGHT OR TURBULENCE WHICH MAY PREVENT SINGLE ENG FLT AT ALTITUDES WELL ABOVE THE LOCAL GROUND ELEVATION; DO NOT FEATHER A PROP AT ANY TIME WHEN CONDITIONS OF TERRAIN OR OTHER CONDITIONS MAY PREVENT THE AIRPLANE FROM REACHING AN AIRPORT, IN CASE THE DEAD ENG CANNOT BE RESTARTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.