- Date
- July 4, 2009, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waxahachie, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28NBNorth American T-28B
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090704053979A
- Case key
- 74192
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot departed as number two of a three-airplane formation. On initial departure while joining the formation, the pilot felt an unusual vibration in the airframe. The pilot checked the engine instruments and determined that the oil temperature was high. After clearing the formation and turning the airplane back toward the airport, the engine stopped producing power. The airplane descended, was landed gear up in a clearing, and was substantially damaged during the landing. The cause of the high oil temperature could not be determined.
Factual narrative
The pilot departed as number two of a three airplane formation. On initial departure while joining the formation, the pilot felt an unusual vibration in the airframe. The pilot checked the engine instruments and determined that the oil temperature was high. After clearing the formation and turning the airplane back toward the airport, the engine stopped producing power. The airplane descended and was landed gear up in a cleared area, and was damaged during the landing. The cause of the high oil temperature could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28NB
- Reported as
- North American T-28B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53-138287
- Airframe hours
- 1,290
- Engine
- Wright R-1820 SER, 1,475 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 2009 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- KJWY · Waxahachie, TX
- Destination
- KTYR · Tyler, TX
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
- 72
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 20, 2009
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 794 in this make and model · 17,500 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KJWY, 2 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 26, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 950 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.