- Date
- January 15, 1983, 08:02 local (16:02 UTC)
- Place
- El Cajon, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5730PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830115000989A
- Case key
- 23598
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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
Shortly after takeoff, at an altitude of aprx 300 ft AGL, the eng lost power. The plt turned & landed wheels-up on an unimproved grass area on the southwest corner of the arpt. An exam of the eng & fuel systems revealed no evidence of a preimpact/mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5730P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-804
- Airframe hours
- 3,568
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A Lucas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1982
- Destination
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- SEE · Gillespie, runway 27R, 5,341 × 100 ft
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,542 total · 2,352 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.