# NTSB MIA83LA192: Piper PA-38, N25273, Port Manatee, FL, July 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1983, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Port Manatee, FL
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30919/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA192

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25273-2014-09-22), registration cancelled 2014-09-22, S/N 38-80A0101, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 38-8-0-A010
- Airframe hours: 1490
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830728038929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728038929A), Jul 28, 1983: Piper PA38112, Port Manatee, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, tried to go around. Engine not at full power. Hit a fence, dropped into water and flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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