- Date
- March 24, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Forest, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N33423Piper J-5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840324033049A
- Case key
- 6430
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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 was taxied directly to takeoff after being handpropped to start. To the witness who handpropped the acft it appeared to climb at about a 70 degree angle after takeoff and stall before diving nose first into the ground. Engine sounds remained constant throughout the flt. This witness ran to the acft and noticed the aft stick tied in the full aftposition by the rear seat belt. The plt confirmed this condition and stated that she did an incomplete preflt, includingtakeoff & control movement checks. She said she distracted by another taxiing acft and hurried her departure to avoid delaying the other acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33423
- Reported as
- Piper J-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-512
- Airframe hours
- 737
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rucker A. Tibbs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1983
- Airport
- W90 · New London, runway 16, 3,164 × 40 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,065 total · 2 in this make and model · 1,962 as pilot in command · 179 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LYH, 7 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.