- Date
- August 24, 1987, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5700DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870824047549A
- Case key
- 22206
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airport was 324 feet above sea level. The OAT was 96 degrees f. the airplane, with the pilot and two passengers, lifted off the rwy but would not climb. A witness stated the engine sounded normal but the nose was very high. The airplane impacted trees and the terrain and started burning after ground impact. The density altitude for the departure airport was computed to be approximately 3000 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5700D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4396
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Buford B. Strange
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3F3
- Airport
- 3F3 · Desota Parish, runway 36, 4,500 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 135 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHV, 27 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.