19940613015199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Fort Myers, FL · June 13, 1994

Date
June 13, 1994 · 14:02 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Airport
Morning Star South Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N888HA
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA94LA160
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
523 total85 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Took off downwind. Lifted halfway down. Mushed into trees. Needed 2300 ft to clear trees on the 2100 ft runway.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF DOWNWIND. LIFTED HALFWAY DOWN. MUSHED INTO TREES. NEEDED 2300 FT TO CLEAR TREES ON THE 2100 FT RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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