- Date
- July 8, 1984, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- No. Andover, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1257PPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840708030459A
- Case key
- 35701
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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 acft lost power at about 200 ft AGL during takeoff. The plt feathered the right engine and then elected to land on the remaining rwy when the left engine lost power. The acft went off the rwys end with brakes locked. When the acft was examined by FAA about 2 ounces of water were found in the fuel filter bowl of the right engine. Each carb contained about 2 tablespoons of water. The sparkplugs had accumulated a large amount of carbon. All else appeared normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1257P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-283
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Macmaster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 4, 1984
- Departed
- No. Andover, MA
- Airport
- LWN · Lawrence, runway 32, 3,906 × 100 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.