Piper PA-38-112 N9844T

Summary

On 23 October 1984 at about 14:45 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N9844T was involved in an accident near Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 October 1984 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Crystall (MIC)

Coordinates

44.8995, -93.3697

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N9844T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Litchfield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA025

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON INITIAL CLIMB FROM TAKEOFF, THE PLT NOTED THE ENGINE COWLING WAS LOOSE AND VIBRATRING. PLT INITIATED A SHALLOW TURN BACK FOR LANDING BUT PREOCCUPATION WITH THE COWLING CAUSED HIM TO ALLOW THE ACFT TO ENTER A STEEP BANK. DURING THE PLT'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE BANK ANGLE, THE STALL WARNING HORN CAME ON. THE PLT'S RESPONSE WAS TO INCREASE BACK PRESSURE ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL AND APPLY RIGHT RUDDER. THE ACFT STALLED AND DESCENDED TO THE GROUND IN UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.