- Date
- August 4, 1986, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Menominee, MI
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4394JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860804037299A
- Case key
- 13306
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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 engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The acft lost eng pwr shortly after takeoff. The plt attempted to land back on the rwy but ran off the end into a ditch. The reason for the power loss could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4394J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22785
- Airframe hours
- 6,746
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Chapman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- MNM · Menominee, MI
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- MNM · Twin County, runway 21, 5,999 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 200 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 42 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.