- Date
- September 5, 1985, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Underwood, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8864NPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850905045939A
- Case key
- 16784
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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 acft nosed over during a forced landing following a loss of pwr. The plt stated he was practicing slow flt on the return flt from picking the acft up after an annual inspection. As the acft slowed to 90 mph during slow flt, the plt attempted to increase pwr at which time the eng did not respond. The eng was operating at idle pwr when the forced landing was made from an alt of aprx 400 ft AGL. The plt stated carb heat was not used during the pwr reduction in preparation for slow flt or during s-turn maneuvers which he performed earlier. The temp was 62 degs f, dew pnt 60 degs. No mechanical failures/malfunctions were discovered which would have resulted in the loss of pwr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8864N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25725
- Airframe hours
- 3,614
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph E. Dugan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Mercer, ND
- Destination
- 95D · Beulah, ND
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 701 total · 330 in this make and model · 591 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIS, 45 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.