- Date
- June 18, 1990, 09:24 local (14:24 UTC)
- Place
- Bossier City, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6767WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900618020669A
- Case key
- 23023
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After takoff fm rwy 14, the acft was seen climbing in a steep nose high attitude at slow speed. A witness rprtd it rchd an alt of abt 75' to 100' & maintd that alt for aprx 1/2 mi. It then dscndd & hit the tops of svrl trees, the roof of a house & the gnd. After coming to rest, the acft was badly dmgd by fire. One witness rprtd the eng sputtered at abt the time it hit the treetops. Another indcd the eng was cutting out. A teardown of the eng revealed a number of maint discrepancies. Mag timing could not be confirmed, due to fire dmg, but the left mag was adjusted w/i 1/16' of full up travel (in the adjustment slot); the rgt mag was w/i 1/8' of full dwn travel. There was no record of a mag inspn iaw AD 78-09-07 or compliance with AD 82-20-01; the #3T spring was missing fm the rgt mag distributor block, hyd tappets were of mixed parts, & one connecting rod was of a different wt & part no. the eng had 93 hrs of flt time since major overhaul. Also, the density alt was abt 3000' & the acft had been loaded near its max wt limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6767W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20894
- Airframe hours
- 2,418
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walker, James E., doing business as Air American, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1990 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- DTN · Shreveport, LA
- Destination
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Airport
- DTN · Shreveport Downtown, runway 12, 4,493 × 150 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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 3 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTN, 1 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.
Other investigations on N6767W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.