- Date
- May 26, 1987, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5868DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870526016089A
- Case key
- 34387
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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 was moving his acft fm one airstrip to another in the LCL area. Wind cond's fm a nearby fss, recorded winds fm the southeast at 18 KTS, gusting to 25 KTS. The PIC rptd departing the sod airstrip to the southwest, and shortly aft establishing a climb, the acft was struck by a gust of wind. The PIC further stated that the rt wing dropped, but he leveled the wings. The PIC then rptd the eng quit, and a high sink rate was continued until gnd impact. The PIC rptd having about 8 gls fuel upon departure. A caution is noted in the pilots handbook concerning takeoffs when fuel is flowing fm a nearly empty tank. The caution expresses the possibility of eng pwr loss, and the procedures to follow when it occurs. The fuel access port is located at the inboard, leading edge of the tank. Unstable attitudes which tend to restrict fuel flow when supply is low, magnify the potential for pwr loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5868D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4547
- Airframe hours
- 1,986
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin D. Garrett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1986
- Airport
- PVT
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,362 total · 150 in this make and model · 475 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 40 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.