- Date
- July 27, 1984, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Smyrna, DE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2936NPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840727074359A
- Case key
- 35721
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Engine assembly - undeterminedFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Precautionary landing - performed
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/unevenFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
Acft contacted a ditch and nosed over during a precautionary landing after plt noticed engine was running rough. Cause of engine roughness could not be determined through inspection of the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2936N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918229
- Airframe hours
- 1,493
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Belderok Aviation, Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Destination
- CRE · Myrtle Beach, SC
N2936NRegistered now · Piper PA-28RT-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 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
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,027 total · 920 in this make and model · 1,905 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DOV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.