- Date
- December 19, 1982, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4981PPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821219064979A
- Case key
- 72747
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
Aircraft made a hard landing and damaged wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4981P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27585
- Airframe hours
- 153
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B1AS, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanford Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Stanford Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Ft.Pierce, FL
- Destination
- C · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- SUA · Witham, runway 33, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
N4981PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-235Airframe modelPiper PA-23-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 14 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °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.