# Accident 19960113000419A: Piper PA34200T, Wichita Falls, TX, January 13, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1996, 11:53 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Sheppard Afb-Wichita Falls Mun
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9888° N, 98.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI (SPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9888&lon=-98.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8894E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8894E-1996-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 885 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960113000419A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PROBLEM LEFT ENGINE. LANDED SPS. EXHAUST STACK BOLTS FELL OFF. FIXED. YAWED ON LIFTOFF. FAILED RESET RUDDER TRIM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW96FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA088), Jan 13, 1996: Piper PA-34-200T (N8894E), Wichita Falls, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall by the pilot in command. Factors were the impeded airplane takeoff performance, the rudder trim not corrected by the pilot, and the pilot's failure to comply with the checklist.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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