# Accident 19890514011699A: Piper PA28RT201, Ojibwa, WI, May 14, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1989, 17:10 local time
- Place: Ojibwa, WI
- Airport: Rainbow Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8083° N, 91.0963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAINBOW (WI37), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8083&lon=-91.0963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82702, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82702-1992-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 51 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890514011699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TRIED TO TAKE OFF DOWNWIND, UPHILL AND SOFT RUNWAY. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. ABORTED AND RAN OFF SIDE OF GRASS RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA091), May 14, 1989: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N82702), Ojibwa, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND HIS DELAY IN ABORTING THE TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE WET/UPWARD SLOPING CONDITION OF THE AIRSTRIP, UNFAVORABLE WIND, HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS (TALL…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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