- Date
- January 12, 1984, 07:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place
- Tracy, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5054TPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840112000539A
- Case key
- 23929
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight departed under instrument meteorological conditions, with visibility restricted to one quarter mile by fog. The ceiling was obscured. After departure witnesses heard the aircraft make what appeared to be a left turn. Next they heard the engine sound increase followed by a loud thud. The acft was found where it had impacted an embankment, next to a road on relatively level terrain, approximately 1/8 mi from the departure end of rwy 25. No eyewitnesses to the accident could be located. An investigation revealed that the plt had called the sacramento fss by telephone. At 0771, he obtained an IFR clearance with a void time of 0730. There were no further communications between the plt & the fss. Before takeoff, the acft was parked about 2 min taxi time from rwy 25. According to the FAA instrument flying handbook, ac 61-27B, 5 min is needed for gyro instruments to be operational. However, the actual time allowed by the plt (for the instruments to become operational) is not known.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5054T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7235185
- Airframe hours
- 5,079
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Greenwood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1983 · 43 hours before
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 036 · Tracy Municipal, runway 25, 4,000 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 774 total · 732 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.