- Date
- February 17, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1642HPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840217031519A
- Case key
- 31081
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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 plt reported the eng lost partial power shortly after becoming airborne. He attempted to return to the field & land on rwy 24, but he missed the rwy & landed hard north of the rwy. Disassembly of the eng fuel pump revealed that the o-ring sealing the aneroid housing to the variable orifice body had hardened & shattered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1642H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 305307
- Airframe hours
- 643
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Wyman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1983
- Departed
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Destination
- St. Augustine, FL
- Airport
- SGJ · St. Augustine, runway 24, 2,100 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,443 total · 482 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.