# NTSB CHI83FA291: Piper PA-22, N8914C, Rogers, OH, July 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1983, 13:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place: Rogers, OH
- Coordinates: 40.79047, -80.619499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7905&lon=-80.6195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA291
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA291

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ACFT WAS 20 LBS UNDER MAX GROSS WEIGHT. DENSITY ALT WAS 2,500 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8914C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8914C-1991-11-21), registration cancelled 1991-11-21, S/N 221509 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-1509
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen A. Collins
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: Leslie, runway 36, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 78 total, 15 in this make and model, 44 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: YNG, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830703027839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703027839A), Jul 3, 1983: Piper PA22135, Rogers, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled in attempt to return to airport. Pine tree branches on wreckage, no pine trees near wreckage.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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