- Date
- February 2, 1984, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N49086Ryan PT-22C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840202004929A
- Case key
- 21252
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Investigation revealed a touch-and-go landing was completed when the acft became airbourne prematurely and drifted slowly left in a light crosswind. After flying about 2000 ft the main gear struck the top of a sand dune and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49086
- Reported as
- Ryan PT-22C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 154
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Ranger R5, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas L Sweet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso International, runway 26R, 5,600 × 75 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 22 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP
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 N49086 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.