- Date
- March 27, 1992, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tifton, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16209Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920327007739A
- Case key
- 8578
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper single engine go-around procedure, in that he failed to raise the flaps and landing gear, and failed to maintain minimum control airspeed. A factor was the unfavorable wind conditions.
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 airplane was being flown for a pre-purchase inspection. During the flight the right engine was shut off & could not be restarted. Both pilots rpted that during the attempted single engine landing, the wind shifted from a quartering head wind to a quartering tail wind. The nose & right wing dropped & the airspeed decreased to VMC. A single engine go-around was begun. Contrary to the flt manual go-around procedure, the flaps & landing gear were not retracted. The airplane could not be climbed over a tree at the runway departure end & it hit the tree. The airplane rolled into the dead engine & crashed into trees in a vertical nose down attitude. The engine was subsequently operated on a test stand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16209
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7350117
- Airframe hours
- 4,953
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clinton Aircraft Leasing
- Registered owner
- Clinton Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1991
- Airport
- TMA · Tift Myers, runway 27, 3,805 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 35 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.