- Date
- April 2, 1988, 08:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6466PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880402007549A
- Case key
- 25979
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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 control - in flight
Raising of flaps - prematureCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
At the beginning of the flight, just after rotation, at approximately 10 feet AGL, the pilot retracted one notch of flaps. The aircraft settled to the runway and the pilot lost control and collided with the terrain. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6466P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1581
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-AIA5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bartlett Aviation
- Registered owner
- Glenn A. Dingman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Airport
- Lone Pine
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 14 in this make and model · 249 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.