# Accident 20200725006449A: Piper PA-28-140, San Antonio, TX, July 25, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2020, 09:12 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3314° N, 98.4642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3314&lon=-98.4642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716RL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716RL) (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 PA-28-140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA305) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200725006449A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 25, 2020 N716RL A PIPER CHEROKEE PA-28-140 SERIAL NUMBER 28-7225365 DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT STINSON AIRPORT (KSSF) UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AT 1412 UTC WITH ONE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS.

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE PILOT REQUESTED RUNWAY 14 TO DO "ONE LAP IN THE PATTERN".

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF A MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 14 INTO A RESIDENTIAL BACK YARD.

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A LARGE TREE AND A POST IMPACT FIRE CONSUMED THE CABIN/PASSENGER AREA. THE KSSF METAR REPORTED WINDS AT 040 14 GUSTING TO 20. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO THE PILOT AT THE TIME OF HIS CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF AS 030 AT 12 GUSTING 20.

## 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 CEN20LA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA305), Jul 25, 2020: Piper PA28 (N716RL), San Antonio, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to take off in an airplane over maximum gross weight and with a tailwind, which prevented the airplane from climbing.

## Other reports on N716RL (1)

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

- [Incident 19851130071189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851130071189I), Nov 30, 1985: Piper PA28140 (N716RL), Newburyport, MA, Minor damage. Further decrease in power after carburetor heat applied. Turned it off, engine quit. Auto fuel without STC.

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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