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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Washington Isla, WI · July 14, 1998

Date
July 14, 1998 · 19:05 local
Place
Washington Isla, WI
Airport
Washington Island Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3016M
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4M
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total15 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempted to takeoff from a grass runway with an uphill slope and 50-60' trees at the end. Aircraft became airborne well down. The runway. Pilot reports climb performed was minimal. When he became aware that he would not clear the trees he shut the signal down and landed in tall grass old small trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM A GRASS RUNWAY WITH AN UPHILL SLOPE AND 50-60' TREES AT THE END. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE WELL DOWN. THE RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTS CLIMB PERFORMED WAS MINIMAL. WHEN HE BECAME AWARE THAT HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES HE SHUT THE SIGNAL DOWN AND LANDED IN TALL GRASS OLD SMALL TREES.