- Date
- October 3, 1984, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waterbury, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N83665Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841003053559A
- Case key
- 35627
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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
After liftoff, the plt initiated a turn into the crosswind to maintain runway heading. As he did so, a wind gust tipped the acft in the direction of the turn. Ground contact occurred before corrective control inputs by the plt could take effect.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83665
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187709112
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gaudet, H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- N41 · Waterbury, runway 17, 2,037 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,171 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,103 as pilot in command · 251 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- 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.