- Date
- February 5, 1983, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N27894Piper J-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830205002839A
- Case key
- 12079
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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
Shortly after takeoff, the engine lost power. The pilot tried to turn back and land on the departure airstrip, but did not have enough altitude. While trying to land, he pulled the plane up to cross over transmission lines. However, the plane collided with the wires and crashed. The pilot thought he may have experienced carburetor ice, but the temperature and dew point were 23 and 13 deg. According to the icing probability chart, carburetor icing would only occur at or below cruising power at those temperatures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27894
- Reported as
- Piper J-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-1116
- Airframe hours
- 1,504
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kokosing Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1982 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- Jenkins(Private), runway 19, 2,200 × 40 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 249 total · 23 in this make and model · 249 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.