- Date
- July 28, 1983, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Manatee, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25273Piper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830728038929A
- Case key
- 30919
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After overflying the strip to check the condition, the plt re-entered the pattern for a touch & go. After touchdown he applied full power & made a low pass down the strip. He began to pull up about midway down the strip & noticed a loss ofpower. The acft settled back down on the strip. Not having time to stop the acft before the end of the strip, he appliedone notch of flaps to increase lift. He finally made a landing in a field leading to a lake. The acft bounced & ended upin the lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25273
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-8-0-A010
- Airframe hours
- 1,490
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bay Air Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 26, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport
- Mantee, runway 28, 3,000 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 65 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 20 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.