- Date
- October 15, 1983, 21:35 local (Oct 16, 1983, 02:35 UTC)
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8419GPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831015055729A
- Case key
- 12371
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
Momentarily after lifting off, the plt heard a pronounced decrease in eng noise & noted that the tachometer indication had dropped to 1950 RPM. He elected to abort, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. After departing the rwy, the acft hit an object & ran into a ravine before coming to rest. An exam of the marvell shebler carburetor, model MA4SPA, revealed a leak in the gasket, pn 16-A48. There was evidence that this would result in partial fuel starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8419G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8190290
- Airframe hours
- 879
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1983 · 79 hours before
- Destination
- C81 · Grayslake, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- 55C · Dodgeville, runway 30, 2,740 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 359 total · 95 in this make and model · 239 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 25 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.