- Date
- May 8, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Medicine Bow, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6994CPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820508014229A
- Case key
- 71648
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff from a muddy field with a density altitude of 7253 feet the aircraft failed to clear a boundary fence. The passengers stated the stall warning sounded steadily from takeoff until impact with the ground. After the collision with the fence the aircraft went across a field, hit a road embankment with its tail skid and came to rest in an adjoining meadow. No evidence of engine malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6994C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7837179
- Airframe hours
- 1,924
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Gillis Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gillis Aviation
- Departed
- 80V · Medicine Bow, WY
- Destination
- U68 · Cowley, WY
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 80V · Medicine Bow, runway 28, 3,600 × 80 ft, dirt
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,690 total · 500 in this make and model · 2,588 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAR, 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.