- Date
- July 1, 1982, 22:00 local (Jul 2, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N125ACPiper PA-39
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820701027439A
- Case key
- 71984
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Hard landing
Aborted takeoff - performed
Hard landing
Analysis
Pilot stated he lost power on left engine during takeoff so he elected to abort. The acft landed hard off the end of runway and collapsed all landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125AC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39-113
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony W. Hall
- Registered owner
- Anthony W. Hall
- Departed
- NEW · New Orleans, LA
- Destination
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Airport
- NEW · Lakefront, runway 9, 3,094 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,109 total · 11 in this make and model · 1,064 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.