- Date
- December 3, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pottstown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16491Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871203069529A
- Case key
- 36071
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During soft field takeoff, the instructor pilot who was watching from the ramp, said the the student plt seemed to have excessive angle of attack and stalled the aircraft. The aircraft crashed on airport property about 1,000 feet from the start of the takeoff roll and about 75 feet to the left of the runway. The student said that he was doing a soft field takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16491
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325285
- Airframe hours
- 6,627
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Basco Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- N47 · Pottstown, PA
- Airport
- N47 · Pottstown, runway 25, 2,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N16491 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.