- Date
- August 29, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Falkland, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4633YPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830829045109A
- Case key
- 6184
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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 plt reported that during a pull-up from a swath run, the acft began to shake & lose power. He continued to climb with full throttle & was able to maintain altitude for a short time, then the eng had a total power loss. Reportedly, the acft collided with trees during a forced landing. An exam of the eng revealed that the #2 exhaust valve, pn 75068, had failed. The eng had 1474 hrs of flt time since it was overhauled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4633Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4352
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Craft Spraying, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983
- Departed
- Farmville, NC
- Destination
- Falkland, NC
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,528 total · 452 in this make and model · 1,431 as pilot in command · 252 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.