# Accident 19980429011339A: Piper PA28181, Bally, PA, April 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bally, PA
- Airport: Butter Valley Golf Port Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3974° N, 75.5632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUTTER VALLEY GOLF PORT (7N8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3974&lon=-75.5632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4506Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4506Z-1998-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 86 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980429011339A

## Narrative

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

TRIED PREMATURE LIFTOFF. UNABLE RECEASED RUDDER. PA28 WEATHER VANED INTO CROSSWIND. EXITED RWY INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC98LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA105), Apr 29, 1998: Piper PA-28-181 (N4506Z), Bally, PA, destroyed. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll; and/or his failure to abort the takeoff, while there was sufficient space available to do so without…

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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