ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206910
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| Date: | Thursday 1 March 2018 |
| Time: | 10:51 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Garrison Ronald L |
| Registration: | N54476 |
| MSN: | 32-7440055 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TI0-540 KI85 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pompano Beach Airpark (KPMP), Pompano Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pompano Beach Airport, FL (PPM/KPMP) |
| Marsh Harbour-Leonard M. Thompson International Airport (MHH/MYAM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, shortly after takeoff while climbing through 800 ft mean sea level (msl), the engine manifold pressure began to drop, and the engine 'sounded irregular.' The pilot initiated a return to the airport and requested to land. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger reported that the engine did not respond when the throttle was reduced during the landing approach. The airplane continued toward the runway at high speed and touched down within the last third of the runway surface, where it bounced several times.
The pilot first pulled the mixture control to idle/cut off, but when the engine did not respond, richened the mixture, applied full throttle, and initiated an aborted landing. The airplane became airborne, entered a right bank, and began to descend before impacting the ramp near a hangar, resulting in substantial damage. The wind conditions at the time of the accident were consistent with a quartering tailwind of about 8 knots for the landing runway.
Examination of the engine revealed no anomalies, and the reasons for the initial loss of manifold pressure could not be determined based on the available information. However, the circumstances of the accident are consistent with the pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack after the airplane became airborne, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and impact with the ramp.
Probable Cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during an aborted landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain a proper approach and landing speed during a precautionary landing following a loss of manifold pressure for reasons that could not be determined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA18LA102
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=54476
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Media:
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six Plane Crashes In Pompano Beach, FL, USA.https://t.co/gdP5Bd2WTF pic.twitter.com/cEOa423pHK
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 1 mars 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2018 16:09 | Geno | Added |
| 01-Mar-2018 17:50 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2022 17:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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