Piper PA 23-150 accident near Hayward, CA
On June 19, 2016, a Piper PA 23-150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hayward, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 19, 2016
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 23-150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.606°N, 122.035°W
- NTSB ID
- 20160619X60142
Official records · WPR16FA126
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 19, 2016, about 1149 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-23-150, N1270P, was destroyed when it collided with a building following a loss of engine power during an approach to land at Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), Hayward, California. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight that departed HWD about 1035. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control (ATC) audio captured multiple communications between ATC and the pilot who continuously requested taxi tests on runway 28L over a time span of approximately 2 hours. He did not report any anomalies to the air traffic controller. FAA radar data showed that the airplane departed HWD to the south, turned east, crossed over a mountain range, and turned north. The airplane maneuvered over the north end of San Francisco Bay, and then flew a reverse course back toward HWD. At 1145:06, when the airplane was about 10.5 nautical miles (nm) southeast of the airport, the pilot contacted the HWD air traffic control tower for a landing clearance. The local controller instructed the pilot to enter a straight in approach for runway 28L and to advise when he was 3 miles from the airport. At 1147:30, when the airplane was about 6.5 nm from the airport and approaching several grass fields to the right of its flight path, the pilot notified the controller that he was experiencin
Probable cause
The failure of the left engine due to water contamination and the pilot's subsequent failure to maintain single-engine minimum control airspeed, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total and recent flight experience in the accident airplane make and model, which reduced his capacity to manage an inflight loss of power.
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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.
