- Date
- February 6, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hugo, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1VEPiper PA-30B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840206059289A
- Case key
- 21104
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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
According to witnesses, the acft was having some kind of problem after takeoff. It entered a nose high attitude, went to the right & crashed. An exam revealed that it had impacted in a nose down attitude. The landing gear was found in a down & locked position. The left prop was twisted & curled, opposite to the direction of rotation & its blades had chordwise scratches from ground impact. The right prop had no signs of rotational damage & it was not feathered. About 40 gals of fuel were found in the left tanks. The right fuel tanks contained virtually no fuel: they were not ruptured. The plt had no multi-engine rating. His logbook had no entries to show dual multi-engine instruction nor compliance with a biennial flt review. The acft was equipped with a robertson stol kit, STC SA-2313-WE, which increased its gross wt to 3800 lbs. The last annual inspection was on 1/10/83.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1VE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1260
- Airframe hours
- 2,623
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-C1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1983 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- F53 · Hugo, OK
- Destination
- ADH · Ada, OK
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,581 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 185° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N1VE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.