- Date
- February 11, 1983, 13:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5627YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830211003509A
- Case key
- 30765
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after takeoff the plt requested clearance to return to the arpt & land. According to witnesses the acft was having difficulty maintaining altitude & was flying with the nose 'up and down.' The tower controller stated that the acft didn't seem to get any higher than 300 ft at any time. The acft then landed hard about 500 ft from the apch end of the rwy, bounced high two more times before it came to rest inverted about 3,500 ft from the apch end & 300 ft to the right of centerline on a parallel taxiway where it burst into flames. The acft was about 435 lbs over max gross weight &the CG was 1.3 inches aft of the rear limit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5627Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-2738
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Collins M. Ketcham
- Registered owner
- Insco Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Netherland
- Airport
- SIG · Isla Grande, runway 9, 5,317 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 6 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.