# Accident 19990130000889A: Piper PA28201T, Washington, NC, January 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Washington, NC
- Airport: Warren Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5494° N, 77.0493° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5494&lon=-77.0493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28235, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28235-2001-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-201T (registry code 7102819, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 337 total, 45 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130000889A

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF. ATTEMPTED TO LAND AND CRASHED BESIDE THE RWY. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON JANUARY 30, 1999, ABOUT 1100 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-210T, N28235, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED ON TAKEOFF AT WARREN FIELD, WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO DEPART FROM RUNWAY 35. THE AIRPLANE BCAME AIRBORNE BETWEEN 1,500 FEET TO 2,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE ASSUMED A CLIMB ATTITUDE AND A DECREASE IN ENGINE POWER WAS HEARD. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO BE LOWERED AND ENGINE POWER WAS HEARD TO INCREASE, AND THEN DECREASED AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO START A STEEP TURN TO THE LEFT TOWARDS RUNWAY 23. THE LEFT WING TIP COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED. (.4) THE PILOT WAS ON INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB WHEN THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE TO THE ONLY AVAILABLE FORCED LANDING AREA AND COLLIDED WITH TRESS AND TERRAIN. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND ACCESSORIES REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PRECRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. (-23) SEE ATTACHED SHEET.

## 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 MIA99LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA071), Jan 30, 1999: Piper PA-28-210T (N28235), Washington, NC, destroyed. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons on initial takeoff climb resulting in a forced landing and in-flight collision with trees and terrain.

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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