- Date
- July 22, 1982, 00:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glenburn, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N949APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820722035889A
- Case key
- 70835
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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 pilot reported that the engine lost power at about 100 AGL during a night takeoff. The aircraft was examined after the crash and the fuel selector was found positioned on the right tank. The aircraft had remained upright during and after the crash and the fuel tank was not ruptured. No fuel was found in the right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N949A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-257
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Kim Nichols
- Registered owner
- Robert Kim Nichols
- Departed
- ND18 · Glenburn, ND
- Destination
- MDT · Minot, ND
- Airport
- ND18 · Glenburn Municipal, runway 12, 2,500 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 55 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °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.