Accident Piper PA-28RT-201T N29649, Saturday 13 August 1983

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Date:	Saturday 13 August 1983
Time:	10:30 LT
Type:	Piper PA-28RT-201T
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N29649
MSN:	28R-7931207
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	1103 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-360-FB
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Vernal, UT - United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Englewood, CO (APA
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB, AS THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE TURBO CHARGER OVERBOOST LIGHT FLASHED ONCE & THE ENG COUGHED & QUIT. THE PLT STATED ALL GAGES WERE NORMAL UNTIL THE ENG QUIT. THE ACFT WAS STILL OVER THE RWY, & THE PLT MAINTAINED 75 KTS WITH 1 NOTCH OF FLAPS. THE ACFT LANDED GEAR UP ABOUT 75 FT OFF THE END OF THE PAVED RWY. NO MALFUNCTION OF THE ENG OR TURBOCHARGER UNIT WAS FOUND. THE PLT STATED THE ACFT HAD BEEN TIED DOWN FOUR DAYS DURING WHICHTHERE HAD BEEN NIGHTLY THUNDERSHOWERS. HOWEVER, NO WATER WAS PRESENT WHEN THE PLT DRAINED THE TANKS DURING PREFLIGHT.

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