- Date
- August 1, 1992, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8747PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920801028689A
- Case key
- 18547
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Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.
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 a daylight departure the airplane lost partial power during the initial climb. The airplane had reached an altitude of 200 feet AGL when the power was lost. There was insufficient runway remaining to land straight ahead and the terrain beyond the end of the runway was unsuitable for landing. The pilot elected to reverse direction and return to an available runway. Unable to sustain flight the airplane landed short of the chosen runway. The cause of the power loss could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8747P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-200
- Airframe hours
- 1,643
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cobb Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Cobb Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- HOT
- Destination
- HOT
- Airport
- HOT · Hot Springs Mun., runway 13, 4,099 × 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 400 in this make and model · 6,800 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.