Piper PA-23-250 accident near Fort Meade, FL
On September 14, 2006, a Piper PA-23-250 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fort Meade, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 14, 2006
- Place
- Fort Meade, FL
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23-250 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.742°N, 81.779°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060920X01368
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 14, 2006, at 1953 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N5941Y, registered to and operated by the Polk County, Florida, Board of County Commissioners and piloted by an airline transport-certificated pilot, was destroyed when the airplane struck terrain while maneuvering near Fort Meade, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The public use flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and observer were fatally injured. The local flight originated at Bartow, Florida, approximately 1900. According to Polk County officials, the airplane was being used for mosquito control. The only known witness to the accident was sitting in his car with his wife in an adjoining park. The witness said the airplane passed overhead at a low altitude. He heard the engines "throttle back, then rev up and sputter." He saw the airplane pitch up and roll to the right. The airplane hit the ground and caught fire. The witness was later interviewed by telephone. He stated that as the airplane passed overhead, he could tell the right engine was sputtering because "the propeller was turning slowly." The accident occurred during the hours of daylight at a location of 27 degrees, 17.82' North latitude, and 81 degrees, 26.41' West longitude, and at an elevation of 92 feet msl (above mean sea level). PERSONNEL (CREW) INFORMATION The pilot, age 71, held an airline transport pilot certificate, dated May 12, 2004, with an airplane multiengine land rating, and commercial privile
Probable cause
A loss of power in the right engine while manuevering for reasons undetermined, and failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the airspeed below Vmc, and an altitude too low to afford a safe recovery..
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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.
