- Date
- April 8, 1983, 19:25 local (Apr 9, 1983, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, NC
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3918PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830408012029A
- Case key
- 6046
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during takeoff climb and crashed to the ground in a nose low attitude. The 4 occupants received only minor injuries. This was the beginning of a 10 minute night flight in dark overcast conditions. The pilot lowered the acft nose after takeoff to increase the 75 kt. Airspeed. Shortly thereafter the acft was clipping trees along the right side of the runway and contacted the ground and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3918P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3588
- Airframe hours
- 2,707
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph P. Kramer,III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- NC01 · Greensboro, NC
- Airport
- 2A5 · Causey, runway 20, 2,500 × 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,524 total · 2,333 in this make and model · 2,359 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °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.