# Accident 20000907005279A: Piper PA28180, Headwaters, VA, September 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2000, 15:00 local time
- Place: Headwaters, VA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3709° N, 79.3797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3709&lon=-79.3797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15275, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15275-2002-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 150 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907005279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING ON A GRASS STRIP, AIRCRAFT CLIMBED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET, APPEARED TO STALL, AND IMPACTED A FIELD. (.4) THE PILOT COMPLETED A LANDING TO A 1,600-FOOT LONG GRASS AIRSTRIP. AFTER LANDING, HE TAXIED TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY, TURNED AROUND, AND PREPARED TO MAKE A SHORT FIELD TAKE-OFF. THE PILOT SET THE FLAPS TO 25 DEGREES, APPLIED FULL POWER, PULLED THE YOKE TO THE FULL AFT POSITION, AND BEGAN THE TAKE-OFF ROLL. THE AIRPLANE CAME OFF THE GROUND ABOUT 1,200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER STATED THE PILOT 'PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP TOO MUCH' AFTER TAKE-OFF, AND THE 'NOSE GOT TOO HIGH.' HE ALSO STATED, THE STALL WARNING LIGHT 'FLICKERED' AFTER PASSING OVER THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO MAINTAIN LIFT, AND HE TURNED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT AND LANDED HARD IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE TERRAIN ROSE ABOUT 1,500 FEET BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE RISING TERRAIN 'COULD BE VERY DECEIVING', BECAUSE FROM THE TAKE-OFF END OF THE RUNWAY, THE TERRAIN APPEARED CLOSER THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THERE WERE                             NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES.

## 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 IAD00LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA081), Sep 7, 2000: Piper PA-28-180 (N15275), Headwaters, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during take-off, 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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