- Date
- June 16, 1987, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hazard, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8021WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870616020729A
- Case key
- 7451
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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
The plt observed the rear of the upper engine cowling lift up shortly after takeoff and he became concerned that the cowling might come off the airplane during flight. The pilot attempted to maneuver the airplane back to the airport to land, the airplane stalled and impacted terrain adjacent to the runway. During preflight examination of the airplane thepilot removed and replaced the cowling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8021W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2086
- Airframe hours
- 4,658
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- New Hope Church
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986
- Airport
- K20 · Eastern Kentucky Regional, runway 6, 3,240 × 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 302 in this make and model · 287 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N8021W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.