- Date
- December 19, 1982, 12:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Johns Isle, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N713BTPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821219064629A
- Case key
- 71200
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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 plt stated both engs lost power after takeoff & the acft ditched in the stono river. No preimpact failure and/or malfunction of either eng could be found. The plt did not hold any airman certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N713BT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-2284
- Airframe hours
- 4,134
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Louis Williams
- Registered owner
- Lewco Terminal Svcs.
- Departed
- JZI · Johns Isle, SC
- Destination
- Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- JZI · Charleston Executive, runway 27, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Age
- 63
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 125 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 127 °F
- Observed at
- CHS, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N713BT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.