# Accident 19910525017249A: Piper PA28151, Shelburne, VT, May 25, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1991, 19:30 local time
- Place: Shelburne, VT
- Airport: Shelburne Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3603° N, 73.2264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBURNE (VT8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3603&lon=-73.2264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8433C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8433C-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 40 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910525017249A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON CLIMBOUT FROM GRASS STRIP. WARM MUGGY DAY 2500 FT 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 NYC91FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA140), May 25, 1991: Piper PA-28-151 (N8433C), Shelburne, VT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PREMATURE LIFT-OFF BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN A SUBSEQUENT STALL/MUSH AND COLLISION WITH TREES. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION, AND…

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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