- Date
- August 25, 1990, 19:50 local (Aug 26, 1990, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Denver City, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9316NPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900825036399A
- Case key
- 23176
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper leaning of the fuel mixture.
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 pilot and two passengers with baggage departed runway 04 with a 10 knot quartering tail wind. During the initial climb, the airplane struck a static wire approximately 1.2 statute miles from the airport. The airport elevation was 3,575 feet and the density altitude was estimated to be 6,000 feet at the time of take off. The landing gear was down at impact. The pilot did not use the fuel boost pump for take off and had over leaned the fuel mixture, according to the FAA investigator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9316N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35016
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Billings, Alton E.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Destination
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
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, Expired
- Flight hours
- 267 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOB, 28 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.