Plane Crash List

Piper PA-22-150 N3918P

9 April 1983 · Liberty, North Carolina, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 9 April 1983 at about 00:25 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3918P was involved in an accident near Liberty, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Liberty, North Carolina, United States
Nearest airport
Causey (2A5)
Coordinates
35.8508, -79.5695
Aircraft
Piper PA-22-150
Registration
N3918P
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Greensboro
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
ATL83LA156

People

4 people had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 4 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB AND CRASHED TO THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE 4 OCCUPANTS RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A 10 MINUTE NIGHT FLIGHT IN DARK OVERCAST CONDITIONS. THE PILOT LOWERED THE ACFT NOSE AFTER TAKEOFF TO INCREASE THE 75 KT. AIRSPEED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ACFT WAS CLIPPING TREES ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTACTED THE GROUND AND NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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