# NTSB ATL84FMG02: Piper PA-28-150, N5839W, Apex, NC, April 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1984, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Apex, NC
- Coordinates: 35.719032, -78.840377 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7190&lon=-78.8404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6333
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FMG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6333/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FMG02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system - failure,partial (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5839W-2013-04-23), registration cancelled 2013-04-23, S/N 28-2212, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (registry code 7102804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-2212
- Airframe hours: 3906
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840405008649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840405008649A), Apr 5, 1984: Piper PA28150, Apex, NC, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing. Primer line had failed forward of engine firewall.

## Other investigations on N5839W (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 IAD71DKM14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71DKM14), Sep 15, 1970: Piper PA-28 (N5839W), Salisbury, NC, substantial damage

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.

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