20040603017449A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Namer T-28B · Tampa, FL · June 3, 2004

Date: June 3, 2004 · 12:10 local
Place: Tampa, FL
Airport: Topp Of Tampa Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N261FM
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA04LA092
Reported as: Namer T28B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,335 total7 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N261FMRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2017 · North American T-28BS/N 137655 · Built 1954 Airframe modelNorth American T-28B Engine modelWright R-1820 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft impacted trees/terrain shortly after departure from runway 32. The aircraft was destroyed and no post fire occurred. There was fuel spillage at the impact site and fuel in the fuel lines. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of occurrence. The left front engine cowl latch was found on the right side of the departure end of the runway along with some cockpit canopy plexiglass fragments located on both sides of the runway end.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES/TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND NO POST FIRE OCCURRED. THERE WAS FUEL SPILLAGE AT THE IMPACT SITE AND FUEL IN THE FUEL LINES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. THE LEFT FRONT ENGINE COWL LATCH WAS FOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY ALONG WITH SOME COCKPIT CANOPY PLEXIGLASS FRAGMENTS LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY END.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA04LA092Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportWesley Chapel, FLThe pilot's failure to verify security of the left engine cowling and its subsequent separation in-flight and collision with the vertical stabilizer resulting in the loss of aircraft control.Jun 3, 2004 · Substantial damage