Piper PA-22 N2972P

Summary

On 3 September 2004 at about 16:54 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N2972P was involved in an accident near Mountain Home, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 September 2004 at 16:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Mountain Home, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Goebel Field (4TS5)

Coordinates

30.2217, -99.4983

Aircraft

Piper PA-22

Registration

N2972P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Llano → Mountain Home

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

FTW04LA231

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot lost control of the single-engine airplane shortly after takeoff from a 2,200-foot long turf runway. The 245-hour private pilot stated that after liftoff from the runway, the airspeed was approximately 65 miles per hour (mph) and the rate of climb was about 200 feet per minute. The pilot maintained back pressure on the yoke until the airplane cleared the treetops on his side at an altitude of approximately 50 feet above ground level (agl). The pilot noticed airspeed beginning to decay and released back pressure on the yoke. The airplane continued to descend in a nose-high attitude until it impacted terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.