- Date
- November 13, 1982, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4411WCessna 411A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821113058579A
- Case key
- 72267
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The pilot attempted a takeoff on a wet turf runway and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft left the runway and collided with trees. Sometime later the aircraft caught fire. The pilot did not cut the switches off. The origin or destination of the flight is unknown and the owner has not been located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4411W
- Reported as
- Cessna 411A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 411-0005
- Engine
- Continental GTIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bright Maintenance Corp.
- Registered owner
- Bright Maintenance Corp.
- Airport
- 5W3, runway 1, 3,225 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.