- Date
- March 19, 1983, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeland, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3147GGemini Int'l. Humingbird
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830319008549A
- Case key
- 30862
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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
The acft landed hard and collapsed the nose gear after one engine failed during takeoff. The acft had made one takeoff and landing and was beginning a second. As the acft rotated the left engine failed due to the throttle linkage becoming disconnected. The acft then nosed over and landed hard on the nose gear after the pilot cut the power to the right engine. The pilot was thrown forward as the acft nosed down and he inadvertently pushed the rt throttle. This engine went to full power and the passengers hand was forced forward into the rt propeller. He received serious injury to his hand. The pilot was not injured. This acft was not equipped with shoulder harness which would have prevented the injury. The accident pointed out the need and a retrofit shoulder harness was provided by the manufacturer on an exchange or sale basis. The acft is a registered ultralight type vehicle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3147G
- Reported as
- Gemini Int'l. Humingbird
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 113
- Airframe hours
- 120
- Engine
- Solo 6120, 20 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gemni International, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982
- Airport
- LAL · Lakeland Municiapl
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 200 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 36 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.