Accident · 1993-10-06

NTSB case NYC94FA004 · PIPER PA-23-250 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-10-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-250 (N10GL)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: ROY I. ARROLL Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ROY I. ARROLL

Probable cause

INADVERTENT FEATHERING OF BOTH PROPELLERS BY THE STUDENT PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER, AND FAILURE (OR INABILITY) OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TO ATTAIN REMEDIAL ACTION. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE STUDENT PILOT'S HABIT INTERFERENCE, CONCERNING THE DIFFERENT POSITION OF THE ENGINE CONTROLS IN THIS AIRPLANE, AS COMPARED THE THE PREVIOUS AIRPLANE THAT HE HAD FLOWN.

Source: NTSB case NYC94FA004

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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