# NTSB FTW84LA128: Ryan PT-22C, N49086, El Paso, TX, February 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1984, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.779584, -106.300712 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7796&lon=-106.3007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21252/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA128

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - rotation - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49086), registered now, S/N 1541 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN PT-22C
- Registry model: [Ryan Aeronautical PT-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-pt-22) (registry code 7830504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 154
- Airframe hours: 2200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840202004929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840202004929A), Feb 2, 1984: Ryan PT22, El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. Made early liftoff. Aircraft drifted off runway alignment in a light crosswind. Struck a sand dune and nosed over.

## Other investigations on N49086 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX82FVG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FVG27), Jun 21, 1982: Ryan PT-22 (N49086), Orland, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.