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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Ypsilanti, MI · June 3, 2000

Date
June 3, 2000 · 17:30 local
Place
Ypsilanti, MI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8103V
Reported as
Piper PA28181
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,223 total17 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23)The airstrip was wet and muddy. The aircraft did not accelerate as expected and the takeoff was aborted, braking action was poor in the wet grass. The aircraft skidded down the runway and came to rest against an embankment at the end of the runway. The pilot did not recognize the muddy nature of the runway and use soft field techniques for takoeff.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE AIRSTRIP WAS WET AND MUDDY. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT ACCELERATE AS EXPECTED AND THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED, BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR IN THE WET GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST AGAINST AN EMBANKMENT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE MUDDY NATURE OF THE RUNWAY AND USE SOFT FIELD TECHNIQUES FOR TAKOEFF.

Other reports on N8103V · 1

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