- Date
- March 16, 1983, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tipton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N400HPPiper PA-36-285
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830316066999A
- Case key
- 23644
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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
During takeoff, at aprx 80 ft AGL, the eng backfired then lost power. The plt chose an open field for an emergency landing while trying to dump the load. While landing, the acft bounced, rolled about 600 ft, then hit a dirt berm & subsequently came to rest in a nose down position. An investigation revealed that an exhaust stack bracket had failed from fatigue & allowed the exhaust gases to melt the p-leads to the magnetos.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400HP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-285
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7560090
- Airframe hours
- 12,625
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720 AIB, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Cal-Ag-Aero
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 9, 1982 · 109 hours before
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,471 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 2,325 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIS, 17 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.