# Accident 19951009031369A: Piper PA28236, Thorp, WI, October 9, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Thorp, WI
- Airport: North Fork Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9490° N, 90.8003° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9490&lon=-90.8003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9090X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9090X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951009031369A

## Narrative

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

NOT GETTING FLYING SPEED ON TAKEOFF BOUNCED INTO AIR. ROLLED LEFT. WING HIT GROUND. WET TALL GRASS. UPSLOPE FACTORS (-23) MR. KENNETH L. MACHYNIA BEGAN HIS TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 09, A 1700 FOOT PRIVATE GRASS STRIP AT NORTH FORK AIRPORT NEAR THORP WI. AT THAT TIME THE GRASS WAS REPORTED TO BE LONG AND WET BY MR. MACHYNIA. THE RUNWAY IS UPHILL IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF 20 FT. AGL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE LEFT WING DIPPED STRIKING THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS COMING TO REST IN A MARSH APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE TRACKS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, HOWEVER MR. MACHYNIA AND HIS 2 PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO BE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED AND AIRWORTHY PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## 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 CHI96LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA003), Oct 9, 1995: Piper PA-28-236 (N9090X), Thorp, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff and the premature liftoff which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors relating to this accident are improper planning and decision by the pilot, and the…

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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