- Date
- March 7, 1993, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5314SPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19930307004529A
- Case key
- 33178
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's attempt to climb at a high pitch attitude after takeoff and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in a stall mush condition until the aircraft descended to the ground. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's attempt to take off 150 pounds over maximum gross weight with a center of gravity forward of the forward center of gravity limit. Additionally, contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's failure to set stabilizer trim for takeoff and his failure to recognize the stalled condition and initiate stall recovery.
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
After takeoff the aircraft was observed by witnesses to be in an unusually high pitch attitude which some witnesses described as a stalled condition. The passengers stated that after takeoff the aircraft began to shake but that the engine noise did not change. The aircraft descended in the high pitch attitude until ground impact. Examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence to indicate precrash failure or malfunction of the aircraft structure, flight controls, or engine. Calculations indicated the aircraft was about 150 over maximum allowable gross weight at the time of the accident. The center of gravity was 2.8 inches forward of the forward limit for the weight conditions. The stabilator trim was found at the 9-degree tab-down or nose-up position. The aircraft flight manual calls for trim near neutral for takeoff. According to the pilot's logbook the pilot did not have the required three takeoffs and landings in the past 90 days required by regulations to act as pilot-in-command carrying passengers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5314S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26856
- Airframe hours
- 8,565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph V. Fera
- Registered owner
- Joseph V. Fera
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1992 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- ISM
- Destination
- 2RR · Lake Wales, FL
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Municipal, runway 15, 6,000 × 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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 3 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °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.