- Date
- May 13, 1983, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4823TPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 5960
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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 started a go-around after the acft had progressed over half way down the runway in the air. When full power was applied the engine sputtered and quit. The pilot changed fuel tanks, lowered the nose and landed straight ahead in the tops of trees. Upon teardown of the engine, a very minor amount of fuel was found in the boost pump, selector valve, fuel strainer, engine driven fuel pump and carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4823T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7200017
- Airframe hours
- 5,001
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vernon Royal Shade
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1983 · 934 hours before
- Departed
- MRB · Martinsburg, WV
- Airport
- W18 · Suburban, runway 3, 2,165 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,874 total · 2,020 in this make and model · 2,704 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
Other investigations on N4823T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.