- Date
- July 7, 1994, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- England, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1382TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940707017859A
- Case key
- 19107
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall during initial takeoff climb. A factor was the tall grass.
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 lost control of the airplane during initial takeoff climb from a private airstrip after the left main landing gear became entangled on tall grass resulting in the airplane decelerating below stall speed. The airplane impacted the terrain damaging the right wing during the subsequent landing.
Factual narrative
On July 7, 1994, at 1500 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N1382T, was substantially damaged during takeoff near England, Arkansas. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight.
According to the pilot, the left main landing gear tire became entangled in tall grass while departing to the south from a private grass strip. The pilot added that the tall grass decelerated the airplane to the point that airspeed and directional control could not be maintained. The airplane came to rest in a cotton field adjacent to the airstrip with damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1382T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225489
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henderson, Joel B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NONE · Mcneil Airstrip, runway 18, 2,640 × 70 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total · 185 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 30 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.