- Date
- March 2, 1993, 22:35 local (Mar 3, 1993, 05:35 UTC)
- Place
- Riverton, WY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N821SCPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930302004349A
- Case key
- 42994
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Probable cause
The pilot did not perform an abort of the takeoff after observing a partial loss of power. Factors include improper use of the mixture control.
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 observed that the aircraft was not producing expected power, and assured during the takeoff ground run that the propeller, throttle, and mixture controls were full forward. The takeoff used about half the length of the 8202 foot runway. The aircraft lifted off, climbed to about 50 feet and would not climb. The aircraft struck a light pole and crashed in a field about 1.5 miles from the airport. Although the pilot noted that he had expected to takeoff ground run to be about 2000 feet, he failed to abort the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N821SC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32558
- Airframe hours
- 2,260
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Karl T. Lieb
- Registered owner
- Lindy, Smith, Wong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1992 · 160 hours before
- Departed
- RIW
- Destination
- P1R · Pierre, SD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RIW · Riverton Regional, runway 28, 8,202 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 55 in this make and model · 632 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIW, 2 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.