- Date
- November 5, 1982, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N203CBPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821105056999A
- Case key
- 70913
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Aircraft seemed to lose power after takeoff and pilot stall-mushed into trees. Aircraft then slid to ground and rolled inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N203CB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325615
- Airframe hours
- 3,392
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Motovation Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Motovation Air, Inc.
- Departed
- 4G1 · Greenville, PA
- Destination
- 4G1 · Greenville, PA
- Airport
- 4G1 · Greenville, runway 22, 2,550 × 300 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 143 total · 136 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.