# Accident 19831204060929A: Piper PA31350, Lakeland, FL, December 4, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1983, 14:46 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4115K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831204060929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED OUT OF CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF ON FIRST FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT. AILERON CABLES WERE CONNECTED BACKWARDS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA84FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA040), Dec 4, 1983: Piper PA-31-350 (N4115K), Lakeland, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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