- Date
- September 30, 1988, 19:10 local (Oct 1, 1988, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Troutdale, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9550WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880930042889A
- Case key
- 40898
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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
The plt rprtd that soon after takeoff, he realized there was insufficient power. Subsequently, the acft mushed into trees & a raspberry field & was damaged. An exam of the eng revealed a piece of the carburetor heat muff had broken off & was ingested into the carburetor venturi.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9550W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2822984
- Airframe hours
- 2,397
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy L. Hensley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- TTD
- Destination
- TTD
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 12 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TTD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.