- Date
- February 15, 1983, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Leonardtown, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8425TPiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6012
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Forced landing
Analysis
Pilot did not maintain alignment during takeoff and collided with a pile driver. The aircraft was then landed gear up inan adjacent field. The wind was calm and there was no known reason for failure to maintain runway alignment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8425T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8113102
- Airframe hours
- 254
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J & R Contractors Services,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- 2W6 · Leonardtown, MD
- Airport
- runway 30, 2,500 × 30 ft, grass/turf
N8425TRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-301Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 949 total · 342 in this make and model · 856 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NHK, 11 nm away