# Incident 20000603032959I: Piper PA28181, Ypsilanti, MI, June 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2000, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2444° N, 83.6212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ypsilanti, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2444&lon=-83.6212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103V-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,223 total, 17 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000603032959I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20050828024769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050828024769A), Aug 28, 2005: Piper PA28181 (N8103V), Ypsilanti, MI, Destroyed. (-23) According to the pilot [privacy data omitted] the pilot [privacy data omitted] departed haywood airport enroute to adrian (adg) at approximately 15:30…

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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