Piper PA-31-350 accident near Ankeny, IA
On November 8, 2005, a Piper PA-31-350 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ankeny, IA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 8, 2005
- Place
- Ankeny, IA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31-350 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.727°N, 93.535°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051116X01847
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 8, 2005, at 1017 central standard time, a Piper PA-31-350, N27177, operated by Exec 1 Aviation, was destroyed by impact with terrain about 2.5 miles northeast of the Ankeny Regional Airport (IKV), Ankeny, Iowa. The pilot reported that he was experiencing a problem with the right engine and was returning to land at IKV. The airline transport pilot and pilot-rated passenger received fatal injuries. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 on-demand passenger flight departed IKV at 1007 en route to the Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (EGQ), Emmetsburg, Iowa. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The employee of Exec 1 Aviation who scheduled customer flights reported that the accident flight had been scheduled for a 0900 departure on November 8, 2005, but it had not been confirmed, as most flights usually were. The passenger arrived at 0900 for the flight, but because the flight had not been confirmed, a pilot was not scheduled to fly the flight. The flight scheduler called the pilot who assisted in scheduling pilots for flights, but he was unavailable to fly. Another pilot was called, but he too was unavailable to fly. The flight scheduler called the accident pilot, who lived near the airport, about 0920 and he said that he would accept the flight. The pilot called the Fort Dodge Automated Flight Service Station at 0947 to file an IFR flight plan, and to check weather and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS). When he filed the flight plan, the pilot indicated that the
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to preflight the airplane, the pilot's improper in-flight decision not to land the airplane on the runway when he had the opportunity, and the inadvertent stall when the pilot allowed the airspeed to get too low. Factors that contributed to the accident were the lineman's improper servicing of the airplane when he left the oil dipstick out and the subsequent oil leak.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
