- Date
- January 30, 1983, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Johns Island, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4548RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830130001759A
- Case key
- 5887
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crash landed in a swamp as the pilot tried to return to the arpt during a forced landing. The engine lost powerduring takeoff climb at about 300 ft AGL. Witnesses said the acft was trailing black smoke as it departed. During the last annual inspection a logbook entry was made: 'recommend #1 cylinder be rechecked in 10 hours due to suspected brokenring and more than 10 lbs difference in compression from other cylinders'. This was never done and the acft had flown about 250 hours since that inspection. The pilot stated that he was aware of an oil leak because of oil pooling in the cowling. The spark plugs were examined after the accident. The plug from #2 cylinder was heavily sooted. Witnesses said the pilot had trouble starting the engine prior to departure and was seen working on the engine. The pilot was going to have the engine disassembled after the accident but was not done.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4548R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21254
- Airframe hours
- 3,742
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mintz, Louis C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1981 · 252 hours before
- Destination
- 5J6 · Isle Of Palms, SC
- Airport
- JZI · Charleston Executive, runway 9, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 510 total · 460 in this make and model · 430 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N4548R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.