- Date
- September 29, 1983, 18:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Apison, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25814Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830929052399A
- Case key
- 6216
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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 collided with trees and crashed during takeoff from a short grass strip in a downwind direction. The wind velocity was 9 KTS. The strip was 2300 ft long with 75 ft trees at the end. Under the existing conditions the takeoff could not be accomplished according to the acft performance charts. The CFI doing the flying also used improper airspeedfor the lift off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25814
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0075
- Airframe hours
- 1,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flewellan Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 16, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- William Airstrip, runway 21, 2,270 × 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,884 total · 189 in this make and model · 4,009 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 10 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.
Other investigations on N25814 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.