# Incident 19970716026279I: Piper PA28R201, Palm Springs, CA, July 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1997, 12:39 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8301L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8301L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 900 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970716026279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIPER N8301L WAS ON A TAKEOFF ROLL FROM RUNWAY 13L FROM THE PALM SPRINGS REGIONAL AIRPORT AND OCCUPIED BY THE PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER. THE PILOT ABORTED ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL BECAUSE "HE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD FLY." THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE ADJOINING GRAVEL FIELD. NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT. AIRCRAFT PROPELLER RECEIVED NICKS FROM THE GRAVEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. (THIS IS AN AMENDED REPORT).

## Other reports on N8301L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810714054969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810714054969I), Jul 14, 1981: Piper PA28RT201 (N8301L), Kansas City, MI, Minor damage. The pilot taxied onto an unmarked road. Airport construction had the normal taxiway closed. Hit a road sign.

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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