# Incident 19960915033589I: Piper PA28161, Monroe, NC, September 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1996, 12:50 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Airport: Monroe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9854° N, 80.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9854&lon=-80.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33366, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33366-2000-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 7 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960915033589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 23. PILOT COMPLETED A NORMAL RUN-UP PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. PILOT BEGAN A TAKEOFF ROLL AND BECAME AIRBORNE. AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE CLIMB BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING VERY WELL AND WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES WHICH WERE AT LEAST A MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 23. PILOT REDUCED THE THROTTLE AND LANDED BACK ON RUNWAY 23. HE TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT CONTINUED TO ADD LEFT RUDDER IN HOPES OF COMING TO A STOP ON LEVEL GROUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY EDGE. AIRCRAFT HIT A REIL LIGHT BOX WHICH PUNCTURED THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING AND FUEL TANK. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO A STOP HEADING 050 DEGREES. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AS SOON AS THEY BEGAN TO SMELL FUEL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS THE HOLE IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING AND A SCRATCH OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING WHERE IT HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT. INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE ENGINE WASDEVELOPING POWER NORMALLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 62 LBS BELOW GROSS WEIGHT WITH A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 9-11-96 AFTER ENGINE REMOVED FOR INSPECTION DUE TO METAL CONTAMINATION IN OIL. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLOWN 13.0 HOURS WITH NO ITEMS WRITTEN UP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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