- Date
- January 6, 1986, 23:17 local (Jan 7, 1986, 04:17 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N47KBPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860106000239A
- Case key
- 7051
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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
Plt reported loss of power on the right eng at about 20 ft alt on takeoff. The acft veered right, the plt aborted the takeoff and touched down on the right side of rwy. The acft struck a mound of dirt and the ldg gear collapsed. The takeoff was initiated from an intersection on the rwy resulting in 3945 ft rwy for the takeoff. Rwy length is 7845 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47KB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1205
- Airframe hours
- 7,237
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Readi-Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 23, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLT · Douglas-Intl, runway 18, 7,845 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,161 total · 60 in this make and model · 2,161 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.