- Date
- March 18, 1982, 21:05 local (Mar 19, 1982, 02:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8330BPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820318004389A
- Case key
- 71333
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On liftoff the stall warning horn sounded. The pilot leveled the acft to build up airspeed and the engine backfired and lost rpm's. the aircraft started to sink and drift left. The pilot stated he applied all right rudder but the left gear hit the ground and the aircraft swerved left. The pilot shut off the throttle before impact. The pilot stated he was inexperienced with this field and should have obtained more information about it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8330B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 8116138
- Airframe hours
- 720
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Venice Flying Service Inc
- Registered owner
- Venice Flying Service Inc
- Departed
- X25 · Lake Wales, FL
- Destination
- Venice, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- X25 · Chalet Suzanne, runway 36, 2,450 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 93 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 45 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.