- Date
- December 26, 1989, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Firestone, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9570TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891226053369A
- Case key
- 17874
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Premature liftoff by the pilot which resulted in insufficient airspeed.
Analysis
The pilot took off from a snow covered grass strip. The airplane became airborne, gained approximately 20 feet of altitude, 'stalled' and crashed. The pilot stated after the accident that he did not intend to report the accident to the FAA or NTSB. The identity of the airplane owner, pilot and passenger were not determined. The purpose of the flight and the intended destination also remain unknown.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9570T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3878A0133
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Unknown/Not Reported
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- C058 · Fredrick-Firestone, runway 17, 3,000 × 30 ft, snow
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.