- Date
- February 6, 1987, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waxahachie, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43542Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870206002249A
- Case key
- 22327
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft received substantial damage during an emergency landing. According to the pilot, the engine failed because of carburetor icing. Atmospheric conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to carburetor icing. No mechanical failure or malfunction of the engine could be found
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43542
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425375
- Airframe hours
- 7,480
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William C. Hucker
- Registered owner
- William C Hucker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1986
- Departed
- 9F9 · Ft. Worth, TX
- Destination
- AAP · Houston, TX
- Airport
- 9F9 · Sycamone Air Strip
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 55 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBD, 24 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.