Piper PA-23-250 N6962Y

Summary

On 18 December 1997 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N6962Y, operated by Robert H. Beckett, was involved in an accident near Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 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

18 December 1997 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Pennridge (N70)

Coordinates

40.3706, -75.2894

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N6962Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Robert H. Beckett

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC98LA059

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in an off runway landing, after the left engine was reported to have lost power.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot owner was receiving multi-engine flight instruction from a certified flight instructor. The flight instructor reported that just after liftoff, with the landing gear still extended, the left engine lost power. The airplane veered to the left. The flight instructor took control of the airplane, reduced power, and landed in rough terrain, about 150 feet to the left the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed that neither propeller had been feathered, and examination of the engines did not reveal any evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.