- Date
- March 1, 1982, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2263KHomebuilt PDQ-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820301001249A
- Case key
- 71383
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While practicing high speed taxiing a gust of wind lifted the aircraft off the ground. The pilot elected to apply full throttle and proceed to takeoff. When he had climbed to 800 feet the engine began to misfire. Unable to control the plane the pilot collided with a pine tree during a forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2263K
- Reported as
- Homebuilt PDQ-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CCM 3129
- Airframe hours
- 309
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1978, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Glen Sumrall, Sr.
- Registered owner
- Paul Glen Sumrall, Sr.
- Departed
- LUL · Laurel, MS
- Destination
- LUL · Laurel, MS
- Airport
- LUL · Laurel-Noble
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 4 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.