- Date
- July 25, 1992, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- N. Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1546JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920725027469A
- Case key
- 18541
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent entry into a stall.
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 stated that he experienced a gradual power loss down to 1,850 RPM during climbout after a low pass visual approach about 1,000 feet down the 4,000 foot runway. The pilot turned right in an attempt to land on the runway's parallel taxiway. The airplane subsequently landed hard in a level attitude while crossing a perpendicular runway. Pilot witnesses stated that the pilot executed the climb in a nose high attitude and then entered an abrupt right turn. They further stated that the airplane developed a sink rate during the turn and impacted level and the engine appeared to be developing power throughout the sequence. No deficiencies were noted with the engine during a post-accident test run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1546J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23949
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Freedom Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Freedom Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- 1M1
- Destination
- 1M1
- Airport
- 1M1 · N. Little Rock, runway 23, 4,500 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,309 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,233 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 15 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.