- Date
- September 3, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Booneville, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3724APiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890903033399A
- Case key
- 32496
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason. Trees in the emergency landing area were a factor.
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
Shortly after takeoff, the plt noted that the eng RPM had dropped from 2400 to 2100. Unable to maintain alt, he made a left turn to clear trees. While attempting to land in a field, the acft collided with trees & crashed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found during a post-acdnt exam of the acft & eng. The plt did not apply carb heat after the loss of pwr; however, he estimated the temp & dew point were 80 & 30 deg, which would not have been conducive to carb ice.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3724A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1965
- Engine
- Continental O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crabb, Bobby G.
- Destination
- 34M · Campbell, MO
- Airport
- 8M1 · Booneville-Baldwyn
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUP, 21 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.