- Date
- September 9, 1982, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hammonton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N23965Beech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820909045169A
- Case key
- 70947
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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 aircraft lost power at 300 feet after takeoff. The pilot stated he changed the fuel selector and tried a restart. The aircraft began to stall, but the pilot lowered the nose, then rotated to settle into trees. The aircraft flipped inverted. No malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23965
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1904
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hammonton Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hammonton Aviation
- Departed
- Hammonton, NJ
- Destination
- Hammonton, NJ
- Airport
- runway 3, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 256 total · 133 in this make and model · 134 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots
- Temperature
- 180 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.