- Date
- August 14, 1988, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9965QPiper PA-18-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880814032639A
- Case key
- 26080
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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
The pilot reported that just after tkof from a river the eng was not developing sufficient power to maintain altitude. The pilot made a landing and during the landing roll collided with rough terrain. After the accident, the engine was test run and found to operate within normal operating parameters. The temperature at the time of the accident was 105 degrees f. the density altitude was calculated to be 3400 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9965Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sheble Aviation
- Registered owner
- Sheble, Joseph F. II
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1988 · 79 hours before
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,170 total · 410 in this make and model · 1,880 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.