# Accident 19901113050169A: Piper PA38112, Fort Pierce, FL, November 13, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1990, 12:00 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Strazzulla Groves Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4975° N, 80.5349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Strazzulla Groves Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4975&lon=-80.5349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25109, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25109-1992-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 2 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA91LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901113050169A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB AFTER EARLY LIFTOFF FROM SHORT TALL GRASS STRIP. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 MIA91LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA026), Nov 13, 1990: Piper PA-38-112 (N25109), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PREFLIGHT DECISION OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO TAKEOFF FROM THE SOFT GRASS RUNWAY AND HIS FAILURE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.

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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