- Date
- April 18, 1986, 13:56 local (21:56 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3764RPiper PA28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860418027659I
- Case key
- 25081
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Cooling system,cowling - unlockedFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Diverted attentionCause
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The eng cowling opened as the acft took off. The plt slowed the acft to lower the open cowl. The acft descended into unmarked elec wires and received substantial damage. The pilot returned to arpt and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3764R
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 285817
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cyrus J. Maggio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 6, 1987
- Departed
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 73 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMT, 1 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.