- Date
- June 5, 1982, 19:12 local (Jun 6, 1982, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N83006Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820605022069A
- Case key
- 71314
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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 plt told the surviving pax he was going to make a short fld takeoff with full (40 deg) flaps. The pax, who is also a plt, disagreed with the plt. The plt said it would be okay & proceeded to take off. During the takeoff roll the pax suggested he change the flap setting to 10 deg. The plt did not change the flap setting. 3/4 of the way down the rwy the pax suggested they abort the takeoff. The plt disagreed & pulled the nose up. The acft felt mushy & the nose high attitude obscured the view of the upcoming trees. The acft struck a tree limb & cartwheeled. Witnesses revealed the acft started its takeoff run with about 3,000 ft of usable rwy. The acft settled back to the rwy after becoming airborneabout 500-800 ft down the rwy. Just prior to reaching the end of the rwy the acft had gained about 6-8 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83006
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116086
- Airframe hours
- 692
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Belton T. & Calaudia Mix
- Registered owner
- Belton T. & Calaudia Mix
- Departed
- Lake Charles, LA
- Destination
- Lake Charles, LA
- Airport
- runway 15, 4,000 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 683 total · 683 in this make and model · 612 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.