- Date
- August 10, 1983, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4552TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830810042869A
- Case key
- 6162
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed in trees during a forced landing after takeoff. The pilot said that during climbout the engine failed to develop full power. The pilot reported that the carburetor heat control was in the cold position. The pilot elected to land straight ahead. The post accident examination failed to reveal any malfunctions or failures in material. The temperature was reported as 91 degrees f and the dew point as 65 degrees f.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4552T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287225186
- Airframe hours
- 3,514
- Engine
- Lycoming O-340, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Perdue
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 8, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Jamestown Muni., runway 36, 3,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Student, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSV, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.