- Date
- August 27, 1982, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clovis, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4827APiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820827042319A
- Case key
- 70287
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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 eng quit immediately after takeoff & the acft flipped over during a forced landing in a plowed field. A 4 inch piece of gasket that was installed between the carburetor air filter & carburetor air box had come loose & was found lodged in the carburetor venturi.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4827A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 223980
- Airframe hours
- 2,345
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim Hobbs
- Registered owner
- Jim Hobbs
- Departed
- Clovis, NM
- Destination
- Little Field, TX
- Airport
- Clovis Muni, runway 21, 4,600 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 385 total · 135 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.