- Date
- July 6, 1993, 20:20 local (Jul 7, 1993, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- California, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5638WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930706022649A
- Case key
- 15754
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain adequate 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 landed at a private field to wait for an approaching storm to pass over. When the weather cleared, the pilot departed phillips's field. During climb out, the pilot reported the engine lost partial power, the landing gear brushed the top limbs of a line of trees, and the aircraft settled on a grassy hillside about a quarter mile from the airport. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. Postaccident examination revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction with airframe, engine or accessories.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5638W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-786
- Airframe hours
- 3,832
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mueller, Reinhard B.
- Registered owner
- Mueller, Reinhard B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1992 · 161 hours before
- Destination
- NONE · Knob Noster, MO
- Airport
- 80K · Phillips Field, runway 18, 2,600 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 613 total · 492 in this make and model · 568 as pilot in command · 116 in the last 90 days · 67 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JEF, 19 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.