- Date
- June 24, 1982, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2114DPiper PA-28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820624024739A
- Case key
- 70721
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,line fitting - leakCause
Maintenance,inspection - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The aircraft crashed into trees after engine failure during takeoff. A fuel line was leaking. The engine had been written up as malfunctioning and was being tested when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2114D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7911033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Trinity Piper
- Registered owner
- Larry P. Causey
- Departed
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- F70 · Mangham Field, runway 17, 2,500 × 30 ft, macadam
N2114DRegistered now · Piper PA-28-236Airframe modelPiper PA-28-236Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,311 total · 142 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 192 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 14 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.