- Date
- September 29, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shady Cove, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N788MSPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840929054929A
- Case key
- 40015
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated after the accident that he stalled the aircraft at an altitude of 50 ft AGL during takeoff and the acftdescended in a nose low attitude into trees and the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N788MS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415269
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Deans Machine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 41S · Shady Cove, OR
- Destination
- 3S8 · Grants Pass, OR
- Airport
- 41S · Rogue-Air, runway 30, 1,800 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 265 total · 10 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.