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MIA83FA149

1983-05-31 · FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FLL

N6103Y has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CIRRUS DESIGN SR22, built 2003), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT LOSING ALTITUDE AND SUDDENLYFLIPPED TO THE LEFT CRASHING ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE ARPT IN A STEEP LEFT BANK. THE LANDING GEAR WAS REPORTED IN A DOWN POSITION. AN AIRLINE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT APPEARED TO BE IN DIFFICULTY AFTER TAKEOFF AS IT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. APPARENTLY THE GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTED AS THE PLT FOUGHT THE ACFT AND AS HE BEGAN A TURN TO THE LEFT. HE OBSERVED THE ACFT TURN COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN, POINT NEARLY STRAIGHT DOWN AND EXPLODE ON CONTACT. ONE WITNESS REPORTED 'THE LEFT ENGINE WAS ON FIRE AND I COULD SEE SMOKE ALSO.' THE MAXIMUM ALT ATTAINED BY THE ACFT WAS ESTIMATED AS 55 FT. THE POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF POWER PLANT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_MIA83FA149.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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