19810301006269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Lake Wales, FL · March 1, 1981

Date
March 1, 1981 · 13:50 local
Place
Lake Wales, FL
Airport
Chalet Suzanne
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1858T
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81FLD26
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
231 total20 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Overloaded airplane. Tried to take off on short sod strip. Lifted off, unable to climb. Hit trees & burned.

As the FAA filed it

OVERLOADED AIRPLANE. TRIED TO TAKE OFF ON SHORT SOD STRIP. LIFTED OFF, UNABLE TO CLIMB. HIT TREES & BURNED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.