- Date
- February 14, 1982, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98367Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820214002159A
- Case key
- 71675
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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 control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Terrain conditionFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Directional control - not possibleFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Takeoff was made on a north/south roadway with the surface winds reported out of the east at 18 knots. The aircraft veered off the road and collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98367
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26192
- Airframe hours
- 1,975
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- American Contractors Equipment
- Registered owner
- American Contractors Equipment
- Departed
- Miami, FL
- Destination
- Miami, FL
N98367Registration cancelled Dec 1, 2014 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- 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.