Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Des Moines Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Des Moines, Iowa 50320
Monday, November 27, 1989 17:26 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT WAS ON AN ILS APCH AT DUSK IN IMC & ICING CONDS WITH THE ALTERNATE AIR ON. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE HAD JUST DSCNDD BELOW AN OVC, ON FINAL APCH, WHEN THE ENG LOST PWR & WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE APPLICATION. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A WOODED AREA SHORT OF THE RWY & THE ACFT WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD. DRG AN EXAM OF THE ENG, THE TURBOCHARGER & WASTEGATE TRANSITION PIPES WERE FND SEPD AT THE FLANGE. CARBONACEOUS RESIDUE WAS FND IN THE AREA OF SEPN, BUT NO HEAT DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE GASKET, BOLTS, WASHERS & SELF-LOCKING NUTS (FOR HOLDING THE PIPES TOGETHER) WERE NOT FND. LATER, THE ENG RAN SUCCESSFULLY DRG AN OPNL CHECK. DRG THE INVESTIGATION, 3 SIMILAR CASES OF PIPE SEPN WERE IDENTIFIED, WHICH INVOLVED ANOTHER ACFT; THESE RESULTED IN ONLY PARTIAL LOSSES OF PWR. THE RGT FRONT SEAT PAX RPRTD SEEING A TRACE OF ICE ON THE WINGS AS THE ACFT WAS DSCNDG THRU CLOUDS. THE PITOT HEAT, STALL WARNING HEAT, & ICE LIGHT SWITCH WERE FND IN THE 'OFF' POSITION. AT 1650 CST, THE TEMP & DEW POINT AT THE SURFACE WERE 36 & 35 DEG, RESPECTIVELY.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASON(S). THE LIGHT CONDITIONS (DUSK) AND TREES IN IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA WERE CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/27/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1726 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | DES MOINES |
| Event State | IOWA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 50320 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DES MOINES INTL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | DMS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 957 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1741 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DSM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 957 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 800 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 4 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 310 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 19 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 128 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Light |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 3 |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1655 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 27 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1815 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 40560 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 1:12PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N919S |
| NTSB Number | DEN90FA027 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-46P-350 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-46P-350 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 46-22076 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 22 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 50 |
| Airframe Hours | 65 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PARAMOUNT LEASING CORPORATION |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 1297 |
| Aircraft Owner City | DES MOINES |
| Aircraft Owner State | IA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 50305 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | PARAMOUNT LEASING CORPORATION |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 1297 |
| Operator City | DES MOINES |
| Operator State | IA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 50305 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | OMA |
| Departure City | OMAHA |
| Departure State | NE |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1634 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | DSM |
| Destination City | DES MOINES |
| Destination State | IA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 30R |
| Runway Length | 9001 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |