# NTSB FTW82DA260: Piper PA-39, N125AC, New Orleans, LA, July 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1982, 22:00 local (Jul 2, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71984
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA260
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71984/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA260

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Hard landing, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command
- Hard landing, takeoff

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-39
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 39-113
- Airframe hours: 6000
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820701027439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820701027439A), Jul 1, 1982: Piper PA39, New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Just after lift off,pilot claimed loss of power on left engine. Crash occurred during aborted takeoff.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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