- Date
- August 10, 1987, 08:54 local (12:54 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N814SGPiper PA-60-601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870810043869A
- Case key
- 30508
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the takeoff roll witnesses observed the aircraft swerve from left to right with the engine(s) 'missing' or intermittent. The aircraft lifted off and climbed to approximately 50 feet AGL and continued across a waterway in a leftturn with the landing gear extended. The aircraft pitched up and rolled left wing down into the water. Examination of the engines revealed a cracked coil in the left magneto of the right engine. No other mechanical malfunction/failure could be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N814SG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P0157001
- Airframe hours
- 2,919
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Samuel Kasdin
- Registered owner
- Beatrice Kasdin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1986 · 127 hours before
- Departed
- AIY
- Airport
- AIY · Bader Field, runway 11, 2,950 × 100 ft
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.