- Date
- August 13, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vernal, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29649Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813040839A
- Case key
- 16143
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff initial climb, as the gear was retracted, the turbo charger overboost light flashed once & the eng coughed & quit. The plt stated all gages were normal until the eng quit. The acft was still over the rwy, & the plt maintained 75 KTS with 1 notch of flaps. The acft landed gear up about 75 ft off the end of the paved rwy. No malfunction of the eng or turbocharger unit was found. The plt stated the acft had been tied down four days during whichthere had been nightly thundershowers. However, no water was present when the plt drained the tanks during preflight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29649
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7931207
- Airframe hours
- 1,103
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- K.R. & G. Bennington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- VFL · Vernal, runway 16, 6,605 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 537 total · 290 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.