- Date
- April 10, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4395TPiper PA-28-140E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830410014579A
- Case key
- 12128
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentFactor
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated the wind shifted at about 50 ft AGL and the acft stopped climbing and mushed down and collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4395T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7225180
- Airframe hours
- 5,425
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell J. Heffron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1982
- Airport
- MI32 · Scott, runway 9, 2,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf
N4395TRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 202 in this make and model · 252 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4395T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.