- Date
- October 26, 1982, 13:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N330FTPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821026056669A
- Case key
- 70423
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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
According to the pilot, he lost directional control while taking off on runway 06R. The aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and collided with VASI lights. The wind was reported to be from 002 deg at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N330FT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8216209
- Airframe hours
- 108
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- F.I.T. Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- F.I.T. Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DAB · Daytona Beach - Regional, runway 6R, 3,197 × 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 2 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.