- Date
- March 18, 1983, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Guthrie, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6501JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830318008809A
- Case key
- 20842
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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 pilot said he was waiting for an acft to clear the rwy. As he started to turn downfield for takeoff he pushed the throttle in, advancing the power instead of retarding it. The aircraft crossed the runway at an angle, became airborne and hit a tree. The pilot is a paraplegic and the aircraft is with a hand controlled rudder bar and a conventional throttle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6501J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4934
- Airframe hours
- 1,859
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell Sadler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 8, 1982 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- GOK · Guthrie Municipal, runway 34, 3,060 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.