Gemini Int'l HUMINGBIRD N3147G

Summary

On 19 March 1983 at about 23:45 local time, a Gemini Int'l HUMINGBIRD registered N3147G was involved in an accident near Lakeland, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 March 1983 at 23:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lakeland, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Lakeland Municiapl (LAL)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Gemini Int'l HUMINGBIRD

Registration

N3147G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83LA102

1 person was seriously injured.

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 LANDED HARD AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AFTER ONE ENGINE FAILED DURING TAKEOFF. THE ACFT HAD MADE ONE TAKEOFF AND LANDING AND WAS BEGINNING A SECOND. AS THE ACFT ROTATED THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED DUE TO THE THROTTLE LINKAGE BECOMING DISCONNECTED. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR AFTER THE PILOT CUT THE POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT WAS THROWN FORWARD AS THE ACFT NOSED DOWN AND HE INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE RT THROTTLE. THIS ENGINE WENT TO FULL POWER AND THE PASSENGERS HAND WAS FORCED FORWARD INTO THE RT PROPELLER. HE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS HAND. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THIS ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH SHOULDER HARNESS WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE INJURY. THE ACCIDENT POINTED OUT THE NEED AND A RETROFIT SHOULDER HARNESS WAS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER ON AN EXCHANGE OR SALE BASIS. THE ACFT IS A REGISTERED ULTRALIGHT TYPE VEHICLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.