19920616020729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Catherine, KS · June 16, 1992

Date
June 16, 1992 · 21:00 local
Place
Catherine, KS
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2363K
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI92LA180
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
69 total63 in this make and model15 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.

Unable to accelerate trying to depart a rough tall grass pasture. Encountered a fence. Pulled up but tail hit fence

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO ACCELERATE TRYING TO DEPART A ROUGH TALL GRASS PASTURE. ENCOUNTERED A FENCE. PULLED UP BUT TAIL HIT FENCE

NTSB investigation

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