- Date
- July 8, 1988, 17:48 local (23:48 UTC)
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4329FPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880708025979A
- Case key
- 17497
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight originated in omaha, NE. Three passengers and the commercial plt embarked on a fishing trip into Wyoming. The pilot departed Cheyenne after having several problems with the engine and correcting the problem by proper leaning. He said he took off with the acft just under gross wt with a 20 knot crosswind and relatively high da. The pilot said the acft did not respond as anticipated and that the stall warning horn was sounding intermittently. The acft struck some trees before hitting the ground. The density altitude was over 8000 ft and the gross weight was within 1 percent of max gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4329F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R 7635401
- Airframe hours
- 2,075
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bell Flyers Inc
- Registered owner
- Bell Flyers, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1987 · 208 hours before
- Departed
- CYS · Cheyenne, WY
- Destination
- SAA · Saratoga, WY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Cheyenne, runway 26, 9,200 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 363 total · 42 in this make and model · 182 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CYS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.