# Accident 20040724015919A: Piper PA28140, Cle Elum, WA, July 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2004, 18:45 local time
- Place: Cle Elum, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1942° N, 120.8969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1942&lon=-120.8969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1912H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1912H-2005-11-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 20 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040724015919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED BY NTSB INVESTIGATOR, KURT ANDERSON. MR. CLEMENTS STATED HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 25 AT CLE ELUM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITH 3 PASSENGERS. HE NOTICED A TREE LINE DIRECTLY AHEAD AND REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO CLEAR THE TREES AND INCREASED THE PITCH ATTITUDE AT WHICH TIME THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED. HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT THRU AN OPENING IN THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL NOT CLIMBING AND AT THIS POINT HE BANKED LEFT IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. BEING TOO LOW TO SEE THE RUNWAY AT THIS POINT, HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO AN OPENING THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO MISS NEARBY HOUSES. THE KNOWN FACTS AREA: 1. THERE WERE 4 ADULTS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. 2. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS WERE APPROXIMATELY HALF FULL. 3. THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 100 DEGREES F. 4. THE PILOT STATED THE A/C WOULD NOT CLIMB AND THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME PRIOR TO IMPACT. 5. WEIGHT & BALANCE COMPOUNDED WITH A DENSITY ALTITUDE CONSIDERATION ARE OF CONCERN. 6. THE PILOT DID NOT CONSIDER OR CALCULATE TAKE-OFF PERFORMANCE PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 SEA04FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA143), Jul 25, 2004: Piper PA-28-140 (N1912H), Cle Elum, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain and maintain a safe rate of climb after takeoff, due to his failure to perform pre-takeoff weight/balance and takeoff/climb performance calculations. Factors include a…

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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