- Date
- July 28, 1985, 20:00 local (Jul 29, 1985, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98193Piper PA-28-140B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850728034519A
- Case key
- 34000
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt said that he was unable to clear wires at the end of the 2,100 ft long, sod, farm, strip. He said he began truning to avoid the wires and in the turn the acft settled, the rt wing hit the ground and the acft crashed. The acft weight was near max allowable and the density altitude was 3,500 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98193
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2826096
- Airframe hours
- 4,630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2E, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald D. Coslor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1984 · 90 hours before
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,100 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 659 total · 35 in this make and model · 578 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRI, 35 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.