- Date
- August 7, 1984, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bainbridge, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9943PPiper PA-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840807038519A
- Case key
- 31169
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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.
Fire
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The acft was destroyed by fire after it crashed into a wooded area just beyond the runway after taking off on a crop control flt. The plt stated that after takeoff he saw smoke and flames coming from under the cowling. The acft would not maintain alt and crashed into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9943P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-60054
- Airframe hours
- 2,237
- Engine
- Continental TIARA 6-285, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Potter Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1984 · 70 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,078 in this make and model · 150 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 42 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.