- Date
- July 21, 1984, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Selbyville, DE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9014WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721063129A
- Case key
- 11106
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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 student pilot and one passenger departed on the flight without a wx briefing despite the existence of low ceilings and rain. Witnesses related hearing the engine accelerate and seeing the acft start a climb before it broke up and impacted the ground. Investigation revealed that the horizontal stabilizer failed negatively at a low altitude resulting in the loss of control and subsequent collision with the terrain. The student plt began flying in 1974.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9014W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10597
- Airframe hours
- 1,111
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles E. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- N80 · Ocean City, MD
- Destination
- 1G8 · Toronto, OH
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 16 in this make and model · 134 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBY, 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.