- Date
- July 25, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8370LPiper PA32R-T301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830725035279A
- Case key
- 23480
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard, collided with a ditch and collapsed the landing gear during a forced landing after the engine quitat 75 ft AGL during takeoff. The engine was started after the accident and ran for over 7 minutes until it was cut off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8370L
- Reported as
- Piper PA32R-T301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-301T
- Airframe hours
- 415
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-31AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Saratoga Sp 81 Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1983 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- L91 · Rio Bravo, runway 8, 3,065 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,230 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,230 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BEL, 10 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.
Other investigations on N8370L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.