- Date
- May 31, 1991, 20:04 local (Jun 1, 1991, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Elkins, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6904BPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910531018359A
- Case key
- 11680
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 had completed two practice touch and go landings on runway 32 and had just lifted off the runay for a third, when the engine unexpectedly stopped running. He quickly checked his fuel gauges, magneto switch and switched the fuel tank selector with no sucess. Since the terrain straight ahead was unsuitable, he elected to make a 100 degree gliding left turn and landed in an open area. At the end of his 200 foot ground roll, the aircrat struck a fence post and tipped on it's nose and came to a stop inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6904B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4176
- Airframe hours
- 4,261
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen D Chenoweth
- Registered owner
- Allen D Chenoweth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1990 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- EKN · Elkins, WV
- Airport
- EKN · Elkins-Randolph Co.
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.