19850718035019A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Pepin, WI · July 18, 1985

Date
July 18, 1985 · 19:05 local
Place
Pepin, WI
Airport
Airways
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N38174
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI85LA298
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
96 total23 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Used soft instead of short field takeoff from grass runway. Unable to climb over trees at runway end.

As the FAA filed it

USED SOFT INSTEAD OF SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM GRASS RUNWAY. UNABLE TO CLIMB OVER TREES AT RUNWAY END.

NTSB investigation

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