- Date
- August 1, 1988, 20:00 local (Aug 2, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7024RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880801029229A
- Case key
- 13862
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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.
Analysis
The airplane engine failed to respond when the throttle was advanced during the recovery from a practice forced landing. The airplane struck wires while attempting to reach a suitable landing area during the resulting forced landing. The wires did not break; the airplane's forward motion was arrested, and it fell to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7024R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21720
- Airframe hours
- 3,329
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David T. Warfel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1988 · 11 hours before
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.