- Date
- May 6, 1984, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Muskeget Island, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15520Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840506058849A
- Case key
- 35551
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Pull-up - not performedCause
Airspeed - not maintained
Stall - uncontrolled
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The acft was unable to clear trees during the initial takeoff climb. The plt raised the nose of the acft and the acft stalled contacted the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15520
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287325087
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Holgate
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Muskeget, MA
- Destination
- Nantucket, MA
N15520Registration cancelled Feb 12, 2020 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 7 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.