- Date
- March 8, 1986, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N877APPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860308005789A
- Case key
- 31486
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flt departed with 18 gals in each fuel tank. After 1.8 hrs of flying, doing takeoffs and landings and a short flt to another arpt, the flt experienced an eng failure during takeoff from a touch and go landing. The plt failed to maintain directional control after the eng failure and the acft collided with trees to the left side of the rwy. Post accident inspection of the acft revealed the right fuel tank to contain less than 1/4 gallon of fuel with no evidence of leakage from this tank. The left tank contained aprx 15 gallons of fuel with evidence of leakage from a broken line. Inspection of the eng revealed no evidence of precrash mechanical failure or malfunction. The plt stated the full 1.8 hrs was flown using the right fuel tank. The plt was seated in the right seat of the acft and a passenger with an expired student plts certificate was seated in the left plts seat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N877AP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7725052
- Airframe hours
- 2,157
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joann T. Earnest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Munc., runway 33, 5,000 × 100 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 149 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 11 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.