Event NYC83FNA05

1983-08-14 STOW, Massachusetts, United States Airport · 6B6 Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N80044

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

AIR TRACTOR INC AT-502A

TCDS

A17SW · AIR TRACTOR INC

Seats / Engines

1 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AAE4DE

Registrant of record

BANK OF UTAH TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N80044 Lake LA-4-200 Serious

Factual narrative

DURING TAKEOFF, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED A NOTICEABLE LOSS OF POWER & LOWERED THE NOSE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE, SO HE SELECTED AN OPEN FIELD FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. WHILE LANDING ON UNEVEN TERRAIN, THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND & THE ACFT CARTWHEELED. AN ON SITE INVESTIGATION & A SUBSEQUENT ENG RUN-UP REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE POWER LOSS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_NYC83FNA05.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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