Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Buffalo Niagara Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Buffalo, New York 14225
Thursday, August 14, 2014 14:45 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 14, 2014, about 1445 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-161, N706GS, was substantially damaged during a forced landing shortly after takeoff from Buffalo International Airport (BUF), Buffalo, New York. The flight instructor and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight, which was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
The flight instructor was providing an introductory flight to both of the passengers, and following an uneventful preflight inspection and run-up check of the airplane's engine, began taxiing to the departure runway. During the taxi, air traffic control offered, and the flight instructor accepted, an intersection departure from runway 23 at its intersection with runway 14. The flight instructor subsequently guided the front seated passenger through the takeoff. Shortly after rotation, the engine experienced a total loss of power. The instructor responded by placing her hand on the throttle and mixture controls, verifying that they were both pushed fully forward. The engine then resumed producing power, and the instructor then decided to return to the airport and land.
As the flight instructor turned the airplane left toward runway 32, the engine again experienced a total loss of power. She attempted to restore engine power and verified the position of the throttle, mixture, and auxiliary fuel pump, but heard the aural stall warning sound. She then lowered the airplane's nose and decided to forgo troubleshooting the engine, as the airplane was close to the ground. During the subsequent forced landing, the airplane struck several bushes, and eventually landed hard in a parking lot adjacent to the airport, resulting in substantial damage to the airframe.
A detailed examination of the airplane's engine was scheduled for a later date.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/14/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1445 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Buffalo |
| Event State | NEW YORK |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 14225 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 425626N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0784356W |
| Event Location Airport | BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | BUF |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 277 |
| Airport Elevation | 727 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1854 Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 279 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KBUF |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 705 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | UTC |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Thin Broken |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 260 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 21 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.88 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KBUF 141854Z 26016G21KT 10SM BKN040 BKN065 B |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA EROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 4 2014 2:06PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N706GS |
| NTSB Number | ERA14LA388 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-161 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 2842391 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2440 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | 2 |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 13 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | 187 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | C126 |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PRIOR AVIATION SERVICE INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 50 N AIRPORT DR |
| Aircraft Owner City | BUFFALO |
| Aircraft Owner State | NY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 142251472 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | PRIOR AVIATION SERVICE INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 50 N AIRPORT DR |
| Operator City | BUFFALO |
| Operator State | NY |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 142251472 |
| Operator Code | BIOS |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | BUF |
| Departure City | Buffalo |
| Departure State | NY |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1400 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | BUF |
| Destination City | Buffalo |
| Destination State | NY |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 4 2014 2:06PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 23 |
| Runway Length | 8829 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |