# NTSB CHI83FA366: Rockwell 114, N4778W, Richmond, OH, August 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1983, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Richmond, OH
- Coordinates: 40.429988, -80.770088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4300&lon=-80.7701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12014
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA366
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12014/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA366

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stall - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4778W-1984-11-15), registration cancelled 1984-11-15, S/N 14108 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL 114
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 114](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (registry code 7630314) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14108
- Airframe hours: 1325
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830807039079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830807039079A), Aug 7, 1983: Gulstm 114, Richmond, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Entered a spin while demonstrating a stall to passengers. Failed to recover. Aircraft placarded spins prohibited.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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