- Date
- January 28, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lisbon, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17DAPiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830128001689A
- Case key
- 12075
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Analysis
During takeoff, the eng lost power when the acft was climbing thru aprx 150 ft AGL. The plt attempted to maneuver back to the airport. Reportedly, he had insufficient altitude to clear over 60 ft trees near the end of the rwy. There was extensive damage to the nose, eng, landing gear, wings, instrument panel & cockpit. The mixture, control cable was found broken near the mixture control arm of the carburetor; however, there was impact damage in that area. A microscopic exam revealed that the fracture was typical of a tensile overload of a ductile material. There was sufficient fuel & no fuel contamination was found. The magnetos produced a spark & there was compression in all cylinders.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17DA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold Van Fossan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1982
- Airport
- Leslie, runway 33, 2,000 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 398 in this make and model · 384 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.