- Date
- April 5, 1984, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Apex, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5839WPiper PA-28-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840405008649A
- Case key
- 6333
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt, the eng lost power during takeoff. He was able to keep the eng running by pumping the throttle but was not able to gain altitude. He made a forced landing on an abandoned railroad bed. Investigation revealed that the resistoflex hose p/n 17766-6 had failed allowing unmetered air to enter the eng cylinders through the primer lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5839W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2212
- Airframe hours
- 3,906
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry Claude Stamper Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- 02W · Apex, NC
- Airport
- 02W · Apex
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,046 total · 500 in this make and model · 996 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5839W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.