# NTSB Accident ERA20LA202
> **Piper PA23** · 2020-06-02 · San Juan, PR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA20LA202
- **Event ID:** 20200602X42557
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-06-02
- **Location:** San Juan, PR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 18.458889, -66.091941
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA23
- **Registration:** N14181
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s intentional operation of the airplane with known deficiencies of the left engine and subsequent in-flight loss of control after takeoff. Contributing to the loss of engine power was internal contamination of the left servo fuel injector. Contributing to the loss of control was the pilot’s intentional operation below the single engine rate of climb airspeed, and his failure to feather the left propeller.

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