- Date
- July 5, 1987, 18:37 local (23:37 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15491Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870705058719A
- Case key
- 22393
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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
During final approach the aircraft developed an excessive sink rate and the pilot elected to go-around. When the pilot applied power the nose and right wing pitched up, causing the aircraft to turn 90 degrees, and stall. The aircraft contacted some power lines and subsequently the ground, causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15491
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305083
- Airframe hours
- 2,180
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack R. Hood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- WLD · Winfield, KS
- Destination
- 52F · Roanoke, TX
- Airport
- 52F · Aero Valley Arpt., runway 17, 3,500 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 330 in this make and model · 279 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.