- Date
- October 14, 1988, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Edgewood, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7258DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881014048429A
- Case key
- 17630
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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 had just been overhauled & a new prop (hartzell model 7636D-4) had been installed in place of the old prop. The plt rprtd that after takeoff, the acft failed to climb, although he was using full power. He said he headed for lower terrain & circled until altitude loss was excessive. Subsequently, the acft crashed as he was turning into the wind to land. The acft had been svcd with a full load of fuel. The density alt was about 9000'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7258D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 225085
- Airframe hours
- 2,127
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rigsby, David C.
- Registered owner
- David C Rigsby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1988
- Departed
- NM51
- Destination
- NN51
- Airport
- NM51 · Sandia Airpark, runway 27, 5,000 × 50 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,012 total · 741 in this make and model · 952 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.