- Date
- August 31, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kayenta, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8850WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820831042929A
- Case key
- 71237
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
Analysis
A witness reported that at about 200-250 ft the eng sputtered, the acft leveled off & the eng started again. The acft then made a right turn & the eng sputtered again & quit. The right wing dropped drastically. No malfunctions were noted during the eng tear down inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8850W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2810805
- Airframe hours
- 3,509
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul A. Norcross & Denna Norcr
- Registered owner
- Paul A. Norcross & Denna Norcr
- Departed
- 0V7 · Kayenta, AZ
- Destination
- 0V7 · Shiprock, NM
- Airport
- 0V7 · Kayenta, runway 24, 4,210 × 50 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.