- Date
- July 27, 1983, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9945TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830727035799A
- Case key
- 30918
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor plt stated that just after lift-off, the eng began misfiring & lost power. At that point, there was insufficient rwy remaining to stop, so an attempt was made to continue the takeoff. The acft did not clear corn at the end of the 2000 ft strip. It came to rest in the corn field with substantial damage. A teardown of the eng revealed no discrepancies that would cause a power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9945T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0256
- Airframe hours
- 2,423
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero Sport Flight Center Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1983 · 75 hours before
- Airport
- Tillis, runway 18, 2,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,171 total · 603 in this make and model · 175 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 30 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.