# Incident 19970823028359I: Piper PA38112, Middletown, NY, August 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, NY
- Airport: Randall Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4319° N, 74.3916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANDALL (06N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4319&lon=-74.3916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6368A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6368A-2013-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 54 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970823028359I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF DOWNWIND ON THE TURF RUNWAY 04 AT RANDALL AIRPORT, MIDDLETOWN, NY PILOT HAD AIRCRAFT ENTER HIGHER GRASS AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RAN INTO THE TREES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

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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