- Date
- January 13, 1985, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8444DPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850113000699A
- Case key
- 12987
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a sign during a forced lndg after a loss of power that occurd during initial climb at an alt of 400 ft AGL. The plt stated that the eng began to run rough and with the application of carb heat the eng quit. A post accident eng run-up was normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8444D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8216012
- Airframe hours
- 910
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lentini Aviation
- Registered owner
- James D. Gotch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 20, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 7D2 · Troy, MI
- Airport
- 7D2 · Oakland-Troy, runway 27, 3,855 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 802 total · 802 in this make and model · 218 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 22 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.