- Date
- March 3, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chestertown, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1461JRockwell 112A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830303004999A
- Case key
- 6026
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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 settled back to the right of the runway during takeoff and struck an old stanchion used for runway lights. The pilot was unsure of the extent of damage and elected to re-land the aircraft. The landing gear had already been raised, so the landing was gear-up. The aircraft slid to a stop off the side of the runway. The aircraft was damaged, but the occupants were ininjured. The runway was sod and soft from rain. The takeoff had been started about half way down the 3300 foot runway to aviod a muddy area of the strip. Anticipating some trees at the end of the field the pilot retracted the landing gear early. The aircraft had been modified with a 300 HP engine (machen conversion) in place of the 200 HP standard engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1461J
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 461
- Airframe hours
- 1,370
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Francis J. Mccabe
- Registered owner
- Sunburst Aviation,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- N88 · Doylestown, PA
- Airport
- PVT · Pondview, runway 36R, 3,300 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,088 total · 150 in this make and model · 911 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.