# Accident 19980719046469A: Piper PA28140, Rockland, ME, July 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Airport: Knox County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0601° N, 69.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY RGNL (RKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0601&lon=-69.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5755F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5755F-1999-06-16) (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 O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980719046469A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE STUDENT PILOT (SP) WAS PERFORMING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. HE STATED, 'I PULLED YOKE FULL AFT, POWER FULL,  AND  ROLLED DOWN THE RUNWAY.  PLANE WALLOWED INTO AIR AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH.  I PUSHED NOSE FORWARD, LEFT WING DROPPED. PLANE WANDERED TO SIDE OF RUNWAY.  I LOST GROUND EFFECT.  LEFT WING DROPPED.  PLANE LOOPED TO LEFT.  I TRIED TO CORRECT.  APPARENTLY PULLED NOSE UP TOO MUCH  AND  STALLED....'  THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE CARTWHEELED, AND CAME TO REST IN A SWAMPY AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WHERE A POST CRASH FIRE ENSUED.  EXAMINATION OF WRECKAGE DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE. THE SP REPORTED 43 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, ALL IN MAKE AND MODEL.                                            (-23) ON SUNDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1845, THE STUDENT PILOT, MR. PETER SHOREY, AS PERFORMING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF AT RKD.  HE BACK TAXIIED ON RUNWAY 21.  THE FLAPS WERE AT 25 DEGREES, FUEL FULL RICH.  AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED DOWN, THE YOKE WAS PULLED FULL AFT, POWER FULL. THE PLANE WALLOWED INTO THE AIR AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE NOSE PUSHED FORWARD,  LEFT WING DROPPED FURTHER, PLANE LOOPED. IN TRYING TO CORRECT, THE PILOT STATED HE PULLED THE NOSE UP TOO MUCH AND STALLED.  AIRPLANE CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE.

## 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 NYC98LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA146), Jul 19, 1998: Piper PA28-140 (N5755F), Rockland, ME, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed during the takeoff, which resulted in a stall.

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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