- Date
- January 29, 1987, 10:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Terrel, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4862ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870129001309A
- Case key
- 22319
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot attempted a go-around due to cross winds and experienced an engine failure due to fuel starvation when the mixture control vibrated out to the shutoff position. The pilot attempted several times to restart the engine, but was unsuccessful prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4862Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-8438
- Airframe hours
- 3,139
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-D, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wallace Aero,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wallace Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TAL · Terrel, TX
- Airport
- TRL · Terrell Mun., runway 18, 3,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 937 total · 3 in this make and model · 936 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 20 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.