- Date
- July 5, 1986, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Dover, VT
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43792Piper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860705030389A
- Case key
- 30374
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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
Shortly after liftoff, the aircraft encountered a tailwind and downdraft forcing the aircraft downward and subsequently impacted trees and collided with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43792
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7737134
- Airframe hours
- 3,527
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Better & Better Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1985
- Departed
- OBO · Mt. Snow, VT
- Destination
- 5B3 · Danielson, CT
- Airport
- OBO · Mt. Snow, runway 1, 2,650 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,495 total · 750 in this make and model · 3,495 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N43792 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.