- Date
- July 18, 1990, 19:30 local (Jul 19, 1990, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Island Park, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5011TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900718032939A
- Case key
- 41243
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The high density altitude and the pilot's overconfidence in the aircraft's ability were related factors.
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 pilot of the Piper PA-28-140 took off from the henry's lake airstrip when the density altitude was approximately 8700 feet. According to him, the aircraft 'quit flying' shortly after becoming airborne.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5011T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225312
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Casad
- Departed
- U53
- Airport
- U53 · Henry'S Lake
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 614 total · 502 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WYS, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.