- Date
- September 2, 1984, 17:31 local (Sep 3, 1984, 00:31 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29484Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840902074949A
- Case key
- 24392
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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.
Analysis
At 100 to 150 ft AGL eng RPM decreased to about 1,500. A turn back to the arpt was initiated. On short final the left wingtip struck a fence causing the acft to cartwheel to a stop on arpt property. Eng exam revealed that the #2 cyl was developing no compression due to a warped intake valve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29484
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA 28-161
- Airframe hours
- 1,883
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Forest Whitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 8, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid-Hillview, runway 31, 3,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,798 total · 23 in this make and model · 3,680 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.