# Accident 19980610013189A: Piper PA24, Taunton, MA, June 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Airport: Taunton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8741° N, 71.0152° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8741&lon=-71.0152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6977P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6977P-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,797 total, 800 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980610013189A

## Narrative

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

OVSERVED NO AIRSPEED ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. WENT OVER 20 FT EMBANKMENT BEFORES STOPPING. NO SKID MARKS. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, HE GLANCED AT THE AIRSPEED, AND SAW THAT IT WAS STILL INDICATING ZERO ALTHOUGH THE AIRPLANE WAS ACCELERATING.  HE SAID HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE, AND APPLIED BRAKES.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE 1,550 FEET LONG TURF/GRAVEL RUNWAY, AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.  POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE PILOT TUBE, WHICH WAS LOCATED UNDER THE LEFT WING WAS MISSING.  A SEARCH OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE TAXI ROUTE OF THE AIRPLANE FOR DEPARTURE, AND THE ACCIDENT SITE FAILED TO LOCATE THE PILOT TUBE.  A WITNESS WHO OBSERVED THE TAKEOFF REPORTED THAT AT MID-FIELD, THE AIRPLANE APPEARED SLOWER THAN NORMAL, AND HE DID NOT HEAR A POWER REDUCTION UNTIL THE AIRPLANE HAS USED 3/4 OF THE AVAILABLE RUNWAY.                                                 (-23) N6977P, PILOT-IN-COMMAND, GEORGE A. BERGLUND, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 22, TAUNTON AIRPORT, TAUNTON MA, WITH TWO PASSENGERS WHEN HE OBSERVED THERE WAS NO AIRSPEED.  HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND WENT OVER                                                A 20 FOOT EMBANKMENT DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND THE LEFT WING. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF HEAVY BRAKING.

## 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 NYC98LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA126), Jun 10, 1998: Piper PA-24-180 (N6977P), Taunton, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a delayed decision by the pilot to abort the takeoff, which resulted in an overrun. A factor was false reading from the airspeed indicator.

## Other reports on N6977P (1)

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

- [Incident 19930307022369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930307022369I), Mar 7, 1993: Piper PA24 (N6977P), Taunton, MA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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