- Date
- February 12, 1982, 12:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1515VHoward 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820212005599A
- Case key
- 70776
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Analysis
The pilot stated that partial power failure of the left engine combined with torque and a crosswind caused a loss of directional control approximately 100 yards into the takeoff roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1515V
- Reported as
- Howard 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2111
- Airframe hours
- 17,293
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-56A, 900 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stan Booker
- Registered owner
- Stan Booker
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale Intl, runway 9, 8,054 × 150 ft, macadam
N1515VRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Lockheed 18-08Airframe modelLockheed 18-08Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,407 total · 105 in this make and model · 1,120 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.