- Date
- July 15, 1984, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Manahawkin, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840715032509A
- Case key
- 35710
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft descended out of control into trees and slid down an embankment. The plt said everything seemed normal on takeoff until the acft was put into a climb at about 93 mph at 50 ft AGL the acft began vibrating and veered about 90 degrees to the right. An attempt to recover was ineffective and the acft entered the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 3,150
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George & Lucille Flynn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 72N · Manahawkin, NJ
- Airport
- 72N · Manahawkin, runway 22, 2,700 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 450 in this make and model · 1,250 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N68Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.