- Date
- June 22, 1986, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wrightsville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1618PPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860622026829A
- Case key
- 34197
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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 PIC of the PA22 was practicing departures fm a confined field. The PIC stated that the acft engine had been operating normally, and that he had been operating fm this area for about the previous 1/2 hr. The PIC stated the eng quit on climbout fm the pvt strip and he made a forced landing to a field just beyond a row of tall trees. Post accident inspection of the aircraft did not reveal any mechanical descrepancy or failure of any flt control or engine component. The acft was stc'd for use of automotive fuel and sufficient uncomtaminated fuel was on board at the time of the accident. The PIC had a generous area in which to land the acft, but impacted with sufficient force to collapse the landing gear and left wing in a flat pitch attitude about 100 feet beyond the tree line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1618P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2433
- Airframe hours
- 2,570
- Engine
- Continental O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Looker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Wrightsville, AR
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,719 total · 8 in this make and model · 1,709 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 7 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.