- Date
- April 30, 1983, 07:56 local (11:56 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2580LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35041
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Before the acft took off, the tower received a radio call from the plane requesting 'is there anyway we can get a simulated eng failure after takeoff & land downwind.' The aircrew indicated they would climb to 600 ft, then begin the simulated emergency. The request was approved. After taking off on rwy 19, the acft was observed to enter a left turn, then enter a steep dive, crash & burn. An exam of the wreckage revealed no preimpact, mechanical malfunction or failure. The propeller blades were bent & 1 blade was twisted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2580L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79-AO 770
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flightways Of Long Island
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 15, 1982 · 79 hours before
- Airport
- FRG · Republic, runway 19, 5,151 × 150 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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,074 total · 500 in this make and model · 922 as pilot in command · 221 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FRG