- Date
- February 16, 1985, 15:19 local (23:19 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4186WPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850216053549A
- Case key
- 24652
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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
While the instructor plt (CFI) & student were practicing landings, the eng lost power during the initial climb of the 4th touch-&-go at aprx 30 to 40 ft AGL. The CFI took control of the acft & attempted to land on the remaining rwy. However, the acft continued off the end of the rwy & collided with a fence before coming to rest on a golf course. During subsequent exam & eng tests, no reason could be found for the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4186W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40270
- Airframe hours
- 2,252
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Faltico
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- HWD
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Air Terminal, runway 28R, 3,536 × 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,380 total · 13 in this make and model · 1,230 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HWD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.