- Date
- August 19, 1989, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mulino, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7358JPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890819030529A
- Case key
- 41066
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Improper installation and routing of the fuel pressure line and/or electrical wiring, due to improper maintenance, which resulted in mechanical binding of the elevator control column. The fence was considered to be a related factor.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, the pvt plt applied back pressure for lift-off, but the control column was restricted from moving aft. As the acft neared the end of the rwy, both plts pulled back on the control wheel enough to get the acft airborne; however, they were unable to get the acft to climb. Subsequently, it collided with the arpt boundry fence & crashed. An exam revealed that the fuel pressure line to the fuel gage had been rubbing on the right control wheel sprocket, & avionics wiring was found in & around the control column area.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7358J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24710
- Airframe hours
- 3,799
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-C2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mulino Air Center
- Registered owner
- Johnson, Perry A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- 4S9 · Mulino, runway 30, 2,100 × 300 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 945 total · 32 in this make and model · 869 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.