- Date
- January 4, 1991, 17:00 local (Jan 5, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Deming, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6031WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910104000269A
- Case key
- 18064
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Probable cause
Pilot failure to maintain airspeed during takeoff climb resulting in a stall and subsequent loss of control of the aircraft. A factor was: the failure of the CFI to adequately supervise the student pilot.
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 CFI stated that during the short field takeoff, it felt like the student was on the flight controls. He said that he did not maintain adequate airspeed and the aircraft inadvertently stalled. The aircraft struck the ground before recovery could be effected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6031W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20031
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charlie Byrne
- Registered owner
- Charlie Byrne
- Departed
- DMN · Deming, NM
- Airport
- By-Ag-Avn, runway 9, 5,280 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 53 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 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.
Other investigations on N6031W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.