Piper PA 28-140 N1694T
20 July 2014 · Fort Worth, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 20 July 2014 at about 03:30 local time, a Piper PA 28-140 registered N1694T was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 03:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fort Worth Spinks (KFWS)
- Coordinates
- 32.5672, -97.3067
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 28-140
- Registration
- N1694T
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1970
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Worth → Fort Worth
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- CEN14CA378
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the deer on the runway and the pilot's mismanagement of airspeed which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, after landing, at night and during the rollout, he noticed a deer on the runway about 70-80 feet in front of the airplane. The engine was at idle and the carburetor heat was on, but he pulled back on the controls to climb over the deer. The airplane stalled about 10 feet above the runway, impacted the runway, and then bounced a couple times before the nose landing gear separated from the airplane. The airplane then nosed over, coming to rest inverted in the grass next to the runway. After several hours, the pilot was able to free himself from the airplane and drove him and the passenger home. An ambulance then took them to the local hospital. The airplane was noticed by the control tower operator, the following morning. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and right wing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 2014 | Piper PA 28-140 | Belen, New Mexico, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Apr 2014 | Piper PA 28-181 | Put in Bay, Ohio, United States | Griffing Flying Service | No injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 2014 | Piper PA 28-181 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | TransPac Aviation Academy | Serious injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 2014 | Piper PA-28-161 | Stuart, Florida, United States | Fishe Flying Corp | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Jun 2014 | Piper PA 28-180 | Quincy, California, United States | Parker Larry | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 2014 | Piper PA 28-161 | Block Island, Rhode Island, United States | Danic Electric Corp | No injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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