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FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Quinlin, TX · July 1, 2015

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Date
July 1, 2015 · 13:20 local
Place
Quinlin, TX
Airport
Rocking M
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6168P
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN15FA287
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,005 total
N6168PRegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2018 · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-1269 · Built 1959Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On July 1, 2015, about 1320 central daylight time, a Piper PA-24-250, N6168P, experienced a loss of engine power after takeoff from runway 18 at at rockin m airport (T14), quinlan, Texas and impacted a field. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and post-crash fire. Both private-rated pilots were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under 14 code of federal regulations part 91 as a personal flight that was not operating on a flight plan. Visual meteorological prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.

The airplane wreckage was about 0.32 nautical miles southeast of the runway center and oriented on a west-southwest airplane tail to nose heading. The airplane was upright and exhibited crushing along the wing leading edges and airplane nose. The landing gear jack screw extension equated to a fully extended landing gear, and the cockpit flap control handle was in the flaps fully extended position.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 1, 2015, ABOUT 1320 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-24-250, N6168P, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18 AT AT ROCKIN M AIRPORT (T14), QUINLAN, TEXAS AND IMPACTED A FIELD. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND POST-CRASH FIRE. BOTH PRIVATE-RATED PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE AIRPLANE WRECKAGE WAS ABOUT 0.32 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY CENTER AND ORIENTED ON A WEST-SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE TAIL TO NOSE HEADING. THE AIRPLANE WAS UPRIGHT AND EXHIBITED CRUSHING ALONG THE WING LEADING EDGES AND AIRPLANE NOSE. THE LANDING GEAR JACK SCREW EXTENSION EQUATED TO A FULLY EXTENDED LANDING GEAR, AND THE COCKPIT FLAP CONTROL HANDLE WAS IN THE FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED POSITION.

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 CEN15FA287Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportQuinlan, TXThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane following a loss of engine power during initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in the wing's critical angle-of-attack being exceeded and a subsequent aerodynamic stall. Also causal was the pilot's…Jul 1, 2015 · Destroyed

Other reports on N6168P · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19991222045249ILevel Off Touchdown · Mesquite, TX(-23)Left landing gear (main) collapsed on landing at Mesquite, TX minor damage to aircraft, no injuries. Upon investigation it was determined the left lg actuator cable was defective.Dec 22, 1999 · Minor damageIncident 19861107073379IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Anchorage, AKLanded long and fast and ran off the end of the runway striking a sign.Nov 7, 1986 · Minor damage