ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39781
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Date: | Sunday 4 December 1983 |
Time: | 14:46 |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
Owner/operator: | Piper Aircraft |
Registration: | N4115K |
MSN: | 31-8452006 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING TIO-540 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lakeland, Florida -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL/KLAL) |
Destination airport: | Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (LAL/KLAL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS FIRST PRODUCTION FLIGHT TEST. SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF, IT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER AN ABRUPT RIGHT BANK, FOLLOWED BY A STEEP LEFT BANK BEFORE CRASHING. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT WING REVEALED THAT ITS AILERON CABLES WERE CONNECTED TO THEIR RESPECTIVE BELLCRANK ATTACHMENT POINTS BACKWARDS.
Sources:
1. NTSB ID MIA84FA040 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/Results.aspx?queryId=c414529a-94b3-400c-81ae-f6f748b53da6 2,
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4115K 3.
http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/A90_65_69.pdf 4.
http://baaa-acro.maleo.net/1983/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-lakeland-2-killed/ 5.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/fl/N4115K/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
29-May-2015 02:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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