# Accident 19980621014639A: Narrin-Whittman W-8, Germansville, PA, June 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Germansville, PA
- Airport: Flying M Aerodrome Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7191° N, 75.7093° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7191&lon=-75.7093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2713C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2713C-1998-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Narrin-Whittman W-8 (registry code 97902EP, https://openairdocs.org/model/narrin-whittman-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 110 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980621014639A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A TAKEOFF ROLL WITH A 5 KNOT HEADWIND. HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE WIND SHIFTED TO A 5 TO 8 KNOT TAILWIND. THE AIRPLANE NEVERS BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT ROLLED OFF THE DEPARTURE END THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED GRAPE VINES AND A TREE. (-23) MR. KEN BRAY, PILOT OF N2713C, A HOMEBUILT TAILWIND W-8 AIRCRAFT, TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY 8 AT GERMANSVILLE FLYING M AIRPORT. MR. BRAY PERFORMED HIS ENGINE RUN-UP AND IT CHECKED OK.  HE SET HIS FLAPS AND STARTED HIS TAKE-OFF ROLL.  AT ABOUT 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY HE DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF DUE TO LACK OF LIFT.  MR. BRAY COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE HITTING THE TREE AT THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT NEVER BECAME AIRBORNE.                                                   (.19)ON JUNE 21, 1998, ABOUT 1830 EDT, A HOMEBUILT NARRIN-WHITTMAN W-8, N2713C, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A TAKE-OFF ROLL FROM FLYING M AIRPORT (PA88), GERMANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.  NEITHER THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURIED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PERVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91.  ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINIS TRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR, THE PILOT SAID THE AIRPLANE NEVER GOT OFF THE GROUND. IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A HEDGEROW AND A TREE, THEN CARTWHEELED.  THE PILOT THOUGHT THE WIND SHIFTED DURING THE TAKE-OFF DUE TO A NEARBY THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 NYC98LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA131), Jun 21, 1998: Narrin-Whittman W-8 Tailwind (N2713C), Germanstown, PA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's delay in initiating an abort after the wind shifted from a headwind to a tailwind during the takeoff roll. A factor was the sudden windshift.

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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