# NTSB MIA83FA050: Piper PA-32R-301, N81012, Homestead, FL, December 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1982, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71067
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71067/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA050

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - ignition system,magneto - failure,partial (cause)
  - maintenance,service bulletin/letter - disregarded, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - ignition system,magneto - disconnected (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING TAKEOFF AND THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING IN A PLOWED FIELD. THE MAGNETO CAM, P/N 10-349359-9, HAD SEPARATED THE SHAFT. BENDIX SERVICE BULLETIN #608 RECOMMENDING A CAM RETAINING SCREW HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N81012 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R08013012
- Airframe hours: 1018
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1G5D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Venture Aloft, Inc.
- Registered owner: R.S. Flitch Const.
- Departed: HOMESTEAD, FL
- Destination: C, BOCARATON, FL
- Airport: Homestead Municipal, runway 36, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,496 total, 1,076 in this make and model, 1,386 as pilot in command, 186 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 144 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821217064639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821217064639A), Dec 17, 1982: Piper PA32R301, Homestead, FL, Destroyed. Lost power on climbout. Wreckage indicates a stall on forced landing. Magneto cam not secured per service bulletin.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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