- Date
- March 12, 1983, 11:36 local (17:36 UTC)
- Place
- Kingston, OK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43480Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830312007059A
- Case key
- 20711
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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 acft rolled right after a premature liftoff due to a dip in the rwy. The acft continued to roll right until it impacted a 6 degree slope in a 100 degree nose down attitude. Investigation revealed that the right engine had suffered a power loss due to a blockage of an internal muffler diffuser. This engine had a history of malfunctions, hard starting, loss of power on takeoff, acft yawing in flt to the right & running too lean with high cylinder head temperatures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43480
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7450191
- Airframe hours
- 2,110
- Engine
- Lycoming LIO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lou White,Lou White Aircraft
- Registered owner
- W.D. Simmons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982 · 8 hours before
- Destination
- ADD · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- F31 · Lake Texoma Resort, runway 18, 3,000 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 443 total · 91 in this make and model · 293 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- F39, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.