- Date
- August 9, 1987, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Falmouth, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15468Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870809043889A
- Case key
- 7248
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt, with a pax, had been making touch and go landings at the LCL apt for about 40 min. The final t.o. was preceded by a full stop ldg. Shortly after lift off, the plt reptd that the acft lost pwr and he was unable to clear a tree at the top of a ridge line. Subsequent inspection revealed that the rigid housing at the engine end of the throttle cable had fractured allowing the cable to displace to the side rather than push the throttle open. One end of the rigid housing was attached to the engine and the other acted as a sleeve for the throttle arm pushrod to the carburetor throttle control arm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15468
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325072
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles R Valz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1986 · 18 hours before
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 42 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG, 28 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.