- Date
- March 2, 1991, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2960BPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910302003819A
- Case key
- 36882
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Probable cause
Due to failure of the induction air control/air filter/screen, which blocked airflow through the carburetor throat.
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 departure at about 300 to 400 feet AGL, the airplane engine stopped running. The airplane crashed on the roof of a building and burned. An inspection of the engine revealed a sponge-like material lodged beneath and in the secondary venturi of the carburetor. The primary venturi of the carburetor was missing. The bracket air filter assembly was not found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2960B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2906B
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-DG3, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Northeast Aviation
- Registered owner
- Northeast Aviation
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PNE · Philadelphia, PA
- Airport
- PNE · Northeast Philadelphia, runway 24, 7,000 × 150 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,492 total · 527 in this make and model · 1,373 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N2960B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.