- Date
- August 30, 1986, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Menominee Falls, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3736MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830043389A
- Case key
- 13517
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that the eng had quit 3 times in the past 2 weeks. The purpose of the flt was to insure that the eng was working properly. During takeoff, it lost power at about 100 ft AGL. The plt tried to turn & land on the sw part of the arpt. However, a wing dragged the ground & the acft crashed. A teardown of the carburetor revealed there was a foreign object in the main fuel jet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3736M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-2675
- Airframe hours
- 3,211
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Silent Wings, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 76C
- Airport
- 76C · Aero Park, runway 18, 1,865 × 125 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 401 total · 9 in this make and model · 354 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWC, 23 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.