- Date
- September 6, 1984, 06:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6842JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840906047359A
- Case key
- 21454
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft did not climb above 25 to 50 ft AGL after takeoff. The plt said 'the engine felt loaded down.' The stall warning horn sounded and the plt told everyone to 'hang on' as he lowered the nose of the acft. The acft touched down about 555 ft beyond the rwys end. The edge of a road collapsed the acft landing gear and the acft crossed the road and collided with fencing. A serious induction icing threat was present at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6842J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7625245
- Airframe hours
- 1,714
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ben Galindo
- Registered owner
- William L. Manning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1984
- Destination
- MFE · Mcallen, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- T99 · Westside, runway 11, 2,400 × 40 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,451 total · 16 in this make and model · 1,262 as pilot in command · 262 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 10 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.