- Date
- August 7, 1983, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Richmond, OH
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4778WRockwell 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830807039079A
- Case key
- 12014
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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 borrowed by the pilot to give a friend a familiarization flt in a retractable landing gear acft. The acft was observed by campers as it performed a stall and recovery. A 2nd stall was done but this time the acft entered a spin and after at least 3 turns it disappeared behind trees. No sound of adding power was heard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4778W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14108
- Airframe hours
- 1,325
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-T4B5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frederick G. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1982 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 202 · Steubenville, OH
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,212 total · 9 in this make and model · 3,138 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 22, 60 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.