- Date
- November 22, 1982, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27SSAerosport Champ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821122059579A
- Case key
- 72661
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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 aircraft collided with trees during a forced landing following an engine failure during climbout after takeoff. The engine developed full power during runup and takeoff. During a left turn to crosswind the engine began to lose power andcontinued to lose until ground contact. The pilot was unable to continue his turn to align with the runway due to lack of altitude and airspeed. The aircraft collided with trees between runways 29 and 35.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27SS
- Reported as
- Aerosport Champ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 316
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Volkswagen EXP, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Samual Stafford
- Registered owner
- Samual Stafford
- Departed
- Spartanburg, SC
- Destination
- Spartanburg, SC
- Airport
- Spartanburg Downtown Ap., runway 2, 3,500 × 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,882 total · 5,622 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.