- Date
- February 27, 1984, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Morrilton, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N56255Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840227004979A
- Case key
- 33641
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 acft lost power during initial climb after takeoff at about 75 ft AGL. A forced landing was made in the trees. The acft was examined after the accident and no failures or malfunctions noted. The existing temperature and dewpoint were in carburetor icing condition range. The plt said the carburetor heat control was in the cold position for takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56255
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325595
- Airframe hours
- 2,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stewart Aviation Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1983 · 74 hours before
- Destination
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- MPJ · Petit Jean, runway 20, 5,980 × 75 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,090 total · 350 in this make and model · 870 as pilot in command · 139 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 14 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 43 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.
Other investigations on N56255 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.