- Date
- June 29, 1983, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3483MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830629027419A
- Case key
- 20954
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was practicing touch-&-go landings & stated that he had been flying with the mixture leaned. After a landing, he applied full throttle, but the eng coughed & sputtered. He then advance the mixture to rich to correct the situation. At about the same time, the acft veered to the right, went off the rwy, contacted a sand dune & nosed over. The plt had just transitioned to tailwheel equipped acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3483M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-2339
- Airframe hours
- 1,782
- Engine
- Lycoming O-230-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jan L. Silagi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 28, 1982 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- ELP · El Paso Int'L, runway 26, 5,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 5 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3483M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.