- Date
- May 27, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huntsville, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6362PPiper PA-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840527019209A
- Case key
- 6469
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
After lift-off & gear retraction, the acft settled back onto the rwy, hit a barrier cable, slid backward aprx 300 ft & crossed a road before coming to rest. The plt reported that the carburetor heat door had come loose. However, an FAA inspector examined the acft & found nothing wrong with the carburetor heat system. Also, a mechanic reported thatthe carburetor heat door was in the open position. The acft was estimated to be near its maximum gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6362P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1472
- Airframe hours
- 2,484
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry A. Birmingham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1984 · 109 hours before
- Destination
- RUQ · Salisbury, NC
- Airport
- M82 · Huntsville Airport North, runway 18, 3,765 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,860 total · 215 in this make and model · 12,860 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSV, 17 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 N6362P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.