PiperPacer

After completing the touch-and-go landing, the pilot climbed the airplane to 1500 feet and flew east. While in level flight, he applied full carburetor heat and all engine power was lost and, after completing the emergency checklist, the pilot was unable to restart the engine. The pilot selected a lake as a forced landing site and did not lower the airplanes landing gear, but selected full flaps. He ditched the airplane about 100 feet from the shoreline. While the airplane was still floating, he exited the airplane and boarded a small pontoon boat just before the airplane sank.

The airplane experienced an in-flight breakup during an uncontrolled descent at about 1054 Pacific time. The airplane was destroyed during the breakup sequence and post-impact ground fire. The private pilot and passenger were killed. Visual conditions prevailed; the flight was operating on an IFR clearance.

The airplane departed Brackett Field with two private pilots aboard, one of whom had an instrument rating. The flight requested and received an IFR clearance. Approximately three minutes later, the airplane impacted elevated terrain and was destroyed. The two pilots were killed.

After landing, the pilot taxied the airplane to the tiedown area. The pilot turned left, after the fuel pumps, and continued to taxi the airplane between a row of parked airplanes and the FBO building. The pilot stated he thought one of the parked airplanes was further back in the row, so he moved to the right; the airplanes right wing then impacted the buildings porch posts. No one was injured.

At about 2125 Eastern time, the airplane was substantially damaged following an engine fire on the runway. The flight instructor and student were not injured. Night visual conditions prevailed at the time. Upon coming to a stop on the runway after landing, the engine quit. The pilots contacted the tower to inform them of the situation.

The airplane lost total engine power during the initial climb and collided with trees and the ground at 1642 Eastern time, sustaining structural damage to the airframe. Visual conditions prevailed. The commercial pilot received serious injuries; the pilot-rated passenger in the left front seat received minor injuries.

The pilot stated that the tailwheel-equipped airplane started veering to the right during the landing roll. Despite his control inputs, the airplane continued to veer to the right and tipped onto its left wingtip before coming to rest upright in a snow bank. According to the pilot, the left tailwheel steering link spring retaining clip was missing, and a search failed to locate it on the runway or near the airplane. A missing steering link would allow the tailwheel to freely caster.

The airplane collided with a vehicle at about 1500 Eastern time during takeoff. Visual conditions prevailed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The commercial pilot and lone passenger in the airplane were not injured; the two vehicle occupants were killed.

At about 1115 Eastern time, the airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff. The solo commercial pilot received no injuries. Visual conditions prevailed. The pilot later reported that, during the initial climb after takeoff at approximately 20 feet above the runway, the left engine began to “run rough.” He then attempted to land the airplane on the remaining portion of the turf runway, landed hard, collapsing the nose and right main landing gear and damaging the right wing.

The airplane was substantially damaged at about 1320 Eastern time during a forced landing. Visual conditions prevailed. The commercial pilot and the flight instructor were not injured. During the second approach for a touch-and-go landing, the engine quit. A forced landing ensued and the airplane impacted terrain short of the runway. The left main landing gear was driven up into the wing and the nose gear collapsed. An FAA inspector found fuel in both wing tanks and noted no evidence of propeller rotation.