Piper PA-28-140 N9769W

Summary

On 24 April 1984 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N9769W, operated by R L Hefner, was involved in an accident near Reserve, New Mexico, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 April 1984 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Reserve, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

33.6997, -108.7608

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N9769W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

R L Hefner

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reserve → Socorro

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

DEN84FA137

3 people were seriously injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ACFT, ACCORDING TO THE PLT, REACHED ABOUT 500 FT AGL WHEN THE AIRSPEED DROPPED AND THE ACFT STALLED INTO TREES. LATER THE DENSITY ALT WAS FIGURED TO BE 9091 FT. THIS WAS OVER 2000 FTHIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST DATA ON THE PERFORMANCE CHARTS. IF THE CHARTS ARE NOT USABLE THE TAKEOFF SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTEDACCORDING TO FAA. ACCORDING TO ANOTHER LOCAL OBSERVER THE RWY WHICH THE PLT USED IS SELDOM USED BECAUSE OF THE UPHILL GRADIENT WITH HIGHER TERRAIN AND TREES AT THE END.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.