# Accident 19980802019179A: Piper PA28RT201, Hacketts Town, NJ, August 2, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1998, 14:14 local time
- Place: Hacketts Town, NJ
- Airport: Hacketts Town Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8201° N, 74.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HACKETTSTOWN (N05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8201&lon=-74.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305RC-2000-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 18 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980802019179A

## Narrative

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

ROTATED EARLY ON SHORT RWY. UNABLE CLIMB. ABORTED. LANDED OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES. NEEDED RUN 2100FT ON 2200FT RUNWAY. (.4) THE PILOT LANDED AT THE AIRPORT WITH A PASSENGER, AND PICKED UP TWO ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THE AIRPLANE'S TAKEOFF WEIGHT TO BE 2,710 POUNDS. THE PILOT TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 23, RELEASED THE BRAKES AT 1,500 TO 1,700 RPM, AND ROTATED THE AIRPLANE AT 61 TO 62 KNOTS IAS. AFTER ROTATION, ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE PILOT FELT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE STALL HORN SOUNDED, AND HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHDOWN LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED A LINE OF TREES. ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE CHARTS, A GROUND RUN OF ABOUT 1,700 FEET AND A CLEAR DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 2,200 FEET WAS REQUIRED TO CLEAR A 50 FOOT OBSTACLE. THE CALCULATIONS WERE BASED ON OBTAINING 2,700 RPM BEFORE BRAKE RELEASE, AND ROTATING THE AIRPLANE AT APPROXIMATELY 70 KNOTS IAS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (-23) FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LINCOLN PARK (N07), NJ AND FLEW TO HACKETTSTOWN (N05), NJ, WHERE THE PILOT PICKED UP TWO PASSENGERS. PILOT DEPARTED HACKETTSTOWN AND STATED THE A/C WOULD NOT CLIMB AND HE THOUGHT HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES. HE DEPARTED THE GROUND IN HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE AND THEN THE STALL WARNING HORN CAME ON. HE ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF AND COULD NOT STOP THE A/C BEFORE IMPACT WITH TREES. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91.

## 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 NYC98LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA160), Aug 2, 1998: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N305RC), Hackettstown, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use the airplane's takeoff performance data, and his failure to obtain the proper climb airspeed.

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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