- Date
- November 2, 1992, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N37958Piper J5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921102052009A
- Case key
- 11861
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and an uncontrolled descent at an altitude not possible for recovery.
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
Shortly after takeoff, the airplane stalled and impacted the ground about 200 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. A witness located at the airport operator's building stated, '150 feet off east end of runway 8, the aircraft appeared to pull straight up, turned over to the left, and came straight down.' Another witness, a certified flight instructor, driving in a car near the accident site stated, 'the aircraft was in an extremely nose high attitude. The aircraft appeared to be just above the tree line when we noticed the wing drop and the aircraft appeared to enter a spin.' Examination of the wreckage revealed no airframe or engine anomalies. The elevator was trimmed to the full nose up position. At the time of the accident, the pilot, a certified flight instructor, had accrued about 617 flight hours, of which, 42 hours were in the accident airplane. The passenger in the back seat received serious injuries and does not remember the accident or the 24 hours preceding the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37958
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-828
- Engine
- Continental A658, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- South Jersey Flyers
- Registered owner
- South Jersey Champs Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1992 · 65 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 42 in this make and model · 582 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL, 30 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.