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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA31 · Mobile, AL · May 28, 1980

Date
May 28, 1980 · 10:05 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6492L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FA049
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
5
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total30 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Over gross and aft CG, unable to climb on takeoff, stalled trying to clear trees. Unskilled in type.

As the FAA filed it

OVER GROSS AND AFT CG, UNABLE TO CLIMB ON TAKEOFF, STALLED TRYING TO CLEAR TREES. UNSKILLED IN TYPE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.