- Date
- January 21, 1982, 01:54 local (06:54 UTC)
- Place
- 15nm W. Opa Loc, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N211TADouglas DC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820121000549A
- Case key
- 69626
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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 a touch & go the dual student added power rapidly & the left eng sputtered causing the acft to swerve left. The instructor took control but felt resistance on the controls from the student. He then reduced power on both engs & then reapplied power at which time he felt both engs come up to power. At this point the left wing caught scrub trees 90 ft to the left of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211TA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6342
- Airframe hours
- 37,721
- Engine
- Curtiswright R-1820-202A, 1,200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Tursair, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tursair, Inc.
- Departed
- Opa Locka, FL
- Destination
- Opa Locka, FL
- Airport
- X64 · Opa Locka West, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, macadam
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
- 56
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,856 total · 5,900 in this make and model · 10,686 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °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.