- Date
- April 8, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56738Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840408008829A
- Case key
- 12578
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Analysis
The pilot was practicing accuracy landings when he noticed that the acft had blown away from the rwy. When he attempted to increase the throttle setting there was no response. In an attempt to land on a highway on-ramp the acft struck an electric wire, a street sign & an automobile. An on-ground fire insued. The prop control was found in high pitch, the mixture control in idle cutoff & the throttle full open. Due to similarity of the mixture & prop control knobs the mixture control may have been leaned in lieu of moving the prop control to high pitch in preparation for the accuracy landing. An engine run was successfully accomplished after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56738
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7435037
- Airframe hours
- 3,937
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aretz Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 15, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- 3AR · Aretz
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 10 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 10 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.