- Date
- August 23, 1992, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8841DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920823032789A
- Case key
- 18561
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice and the pilot's delayed use of carburetor heat. A factor was 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
The pilot was doing touch and goes and following the first touchdown the pilot added power for takeoff. During the initial climb at approximately 400 feet AGL and approximately 100 feet beyond the departure end of the runway a total engine power loss occurred. The pilot initiated an emergency descent for the runway; however, the airplane descended below the runway elevation. During the landing in a wooded area the airplane struck a tree. The temperature was 64 degrees fahrenheit and the dew point was 57 degrees fahrenheit, resulting in serious icing conditions at glide power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8841D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6011
- Airframe hours
- 2,132
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley, James C.
- Registered owner
- Stanley, James C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1980
- Departed
- FMN
- Destination
- FMN
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 1 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMN, 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.