- Date
- May 22, 1991, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2234APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910522016819A
- Case key
- 41434
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed above the stall speed for the aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.
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
During an attempted turn to reverse course in rising terrain and in high density altitude conditions the aircraft stalled. The pilot had attempted to gain altitude by doing a touch and go on a road just before he attempted the course reversal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2234A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-634
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald L. Burrows
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Burrows
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 120 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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.