ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39911
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Date: | Monday 30 July 1984 |
Time: | 10:20 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-161 |
Owner/operator: | Mcfillen Air Charter Inc |
Registration: | N4314D |
MSN: | 28-8316104 |
Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
Total airframe hrs: | 488 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D3G |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake Charles, LA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Lake Charles, LA (4RO) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AT APRX 250 FT AG., ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, ENG SOUNDS INDICATED THAT POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. THE ACFT ROLLED INTO A STEEP LEFT DESCENDING TURN FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICATION OF POWER JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE CFI WAS KNOWN TO HAVE GIVEN OTHER STUDENTS SIMULATED ENG FAILURES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. AN OPEN FIELD IS ADJACENT TO THE airport ON THE RWY EXTENDED CENTERLINE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENG REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN INTERRUPTION OF POWER. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X40309 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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