- Date
- June 5, 1983, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Westminster, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16402Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605025319A
- Case key
- 6082
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he intended to fly to a 1600 ft private strip with trees on both ends. During the approach, he had planned to make a full stop landing. However, after touchdown, he decided to make it a touch-and-go landing. After lift-off, he felt the acft was not climbing as it should. Reportedly, the acft cleared 1 row of trees, but the plt did not think he could clear the next line of trees that he was approaching. Therefore he landed in a farm field. The plt reported that due to the terrain, the nose gear collapsed. A teardown of the engine revealed no indication of a mechanical malfunction or failure prior to the crash landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16402
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305245
- Airframe hours
- 1,259
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Emi Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1982
- Departed
- W54 · Westminster, MD
- Destination
- PVT · Silver Run, MD
- Airport
- W54 · Carroll County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 584 total · 584 in this make and model · 489 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.