- Date
- July 27, 1983, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9978UGrumman AA-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830727039619A
- Case key
- 35240
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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 student made 2 takeoffs & landings, then waited for traffic to clear the rwy before taking off again. While climbing to traffic pattern altitude on the 3rd takeoff, the eng lost power. An emergency checklist to restart the eng was not completed because of the closeness of the ground. While landing in a soybean field, the acft nosed over. An inspection of the eng revealed no evidence of a preimpact/mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9978U
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hortman Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- N88 · Doylestowwn, PA
- Airport
- N88 · Doylestown, runway 5, 3,000 × 50 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.