# Accident 20020803021889A: Piper PA28140, Spartanburg, SC, August 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2002, 17:16 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtonw Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9094° N, 81.9539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9094&lon=-81.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7362J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7362J-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020803021889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EYEWITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED OUT FROM RUNWAY 05. AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE DEPARTURE END, THE PILOT INITIATED A RIGHT CLIMBING TURN. THE AIRPLANE WAS NEXT SEEN IN A DESCENDING RIGHT TURN AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 ATL02FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA150), Aug 3, 2002: Piper PA-28-140 (N7362J), Spartanburg, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during the takeoff initial climb which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with an embankment.

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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