- Date
- July 4, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vernon, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8056WPiper L-21B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830704033129A
- Case key
- 6127
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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 acft departed the rwy & nosed over inverted during an unauthorized flight. After the accident the non-certificated plt told the owner that he had flown the acft several times based on the permission of a friend who was authorized to fly the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8056W
- Reported as
- Piper L-21B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53-7776
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lamar County Civil Defense
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- M55 · Lamar County, runway 16, 3,600 × 75 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
- 21
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.