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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Perry, Florida 32347
Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:40 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On March 21, 2013, about 0840 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N625SR, was substantially damaged during a forced landing into trees 6 miles southwest of Perry, Florida. The airline transport pilot received minor injuries and was the sole occupant. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the segment between Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), Orlando, Florida, and Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, Florida. The executive/corporate flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, as he initiated a descent from a cruise altitude of 8,000 feet, he switched to the outboard fuel tanks. He then noted that his right engine began to lose power and then experienced a total loss of power. Next, he feathered the right propeller and selected the right mixture to idle cut off. The pilot informed Tallahassee Approach Control of the engine loss and was considering whether to continue his flight as planned to TLH. As he was making this determination the left engine experienced a total loss of power. He then declared an emergency with Tallahassee Approach Control and conducted a forced landing into the forest below.
Initial examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed substantial damage to both wings.
According to FAA records, the pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate, with a rating for airplane single-engine land, airplane multi-engine land, and instrument airplane. The pilot had more than 29,000 total flight hours of which 236 hours were in the accident make and model.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/21/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 840 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Perry |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32347 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 302329N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0842102W |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 755 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 304 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | TLH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 83 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 42 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 60 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 55 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 310 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.1 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | SROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 4 2013 9:01AM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N625SR |
| NTSB Number | ERA13LA179 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-23-250 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 27-7654067 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 5200 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 4 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 20 2012 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 32 |
| Airframe Hours | 5219 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Yes |
| ELT Type | C91 |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Consolidated Citrus |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | Fort Myers |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 33912 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Consolidated Citrus |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Fort Myers |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 33912 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Executive/Corporate |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ORL |
| Departure City | Orlando |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 735 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | TLH |
| Destination City | Tallahassee |
| Destination State | FL |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 4 2013 9:04AM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |