- Date
- October 16, 1992, 12:22 local (16:22 UTC)
- Place
- Saline, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2945ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921016042429A
- Case key
- 15607
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and airspeed.
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 pilot took off to the north and reached an altitude of approximately 500 feet when the airplane appeared to be turning to the west. During the turn, it entered what was described as a 45 degree nose down attitude and descended to impact with the terrain. Winds at a reporting station 4 NM from the accident site were reported as 280 degree at 25 knots gusting to 33 knots. Both the west and east sides of the runway are lined with trees. Post accident inspection of the engine and flight controls failed to reveal any failure/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2945Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6917
- Airframe hours
- 1,641
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul D. Cartman, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Paul D. Cartman, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1992 · 103 hours before
- Airport
- Noye Airstrip, runway 36, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 731 total · 103 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 25 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARB, 4 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.