# Accident 19980425007699A: Piper PA28140, Downsville, NY, April 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Downsville, NY
- Airport: Downsville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0799° N, 74.9891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0799&lon=-74.9891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3757V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3757V-2019-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,340 total, 550 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980425007699A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AFTER LIFTOFF. NOSED DOWN. SHEARED NOSE GEAR. SLID OFF END RUNWAY DOWN WOODED SLOPE. 150 NOT AIRWORTHY.                                      (.4)ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS DEMONSTRATING HIGH SPEED TAXI RUNS TO A PROSPECTIVE BUYER.  ON THE LAST TAXI RUN, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO HIGH GRASS, TRAVELED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO REST IN SOME TREES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE, AND THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF HE HAD TAXIED SLOWER.  A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE DID BECOME AIRBORNE AND WAS ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, AT A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK, WHEN THE WINGS ROCKED BACK AND FORTH.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THEN VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR, THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE NOR DID HE HAVE A CURRENT BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW.  ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS, THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED 4 YEARS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.                          (-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 06 WITH A TAILWIND. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE, AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO CLIMB  APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FEET. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE AND TOUCHED BACK DOWN ON IT'S MAIN GEAR APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOWED RUNWAY. THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD OT GET THE NOSE DOWN, BUT PUSHED TOO HARD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND TO SHEAR OFF FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PARALLEL THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RUNWAY, BUT IT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY CROSSING AN ACCESS ROAD AND COMING TO REST DOWN A HEAVILY WOODED SLOPE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNTS, AND THE LEFT WING.

## 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 IAD98LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA048), Apr 25, 1998: Piper PA-28-140 (N3757V), Downsville, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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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