19880814032479A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Wellsboro, PA · August 14, 1988

Date
August 14, 1988 · 17:45 local
Place
Wellsboro, PA
Airport
Grand Canyon State Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N979LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88LA217
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total1,100 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Tried second time to depart short strip,hot day,no flaps and over gross. Unable leave ground effect aborted crashed

As the FAA filed it

TRIED SECOND TIME TO DEPART SHORT STRIP,HOT DAY,NO FLAPS AND OVER GROSS. UNABLE LEAVE GROUND EFFECT ABORTED CRASHED

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N979LA · 1

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