- Date
- September 18, 1982, 06:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Astatula, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3808EPiper PA-36-375
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820918047359A
- Case key
- 69821
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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 - in flight
Airspeed(vlof) - not attainedFactor
Aborted takeoff - not performedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The plt stated the acft failed to become airborne at the usual takeoff point & did not climb when forced into the air. The acft then settled into soft sand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3808E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-375
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7802010
- Airframe hours
- 1,428
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-D1CD, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Frank'S Farm
- Registered owner
- Frank'S Farm
- Departed
- Astatula, FL
- Destination
- Astatula, FL
- Airport
- 12 · Frank'S Farm (Ag Strip), runway 18, 2,300 × 0 ft, asphalt
N3808ERegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Piper PA-36-375Airframe modelPiper PA-36-375Engine modelLycoming IO-720 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 7,400 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 20 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.