# Incident 20010713023789I: Piper PA28161, Scottsmoor, FL, July 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2001, 11:45 local time
- Place: Scottsmoor, FL
- Airport: Tradewinds Aerodrome Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7642° N, 80.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRADEWINDS AERODROME (3FD6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7642&lon=-80.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8466B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8466B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010713023789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT MR. SILVA HAD BEEN GIVING INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO MR. JAMIE CHUBB, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 2634832. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER MR. SILVA AND MR. CHUBB ELECTED TO LAND AT TRAIDWINDS AERODROME, SCOTTSMORE, FLORIDA. AFTER THE WEATHER IMPROVED THEY ATTEMPTED TWO TAKEOFFS--ABORTING ON EACH OCCASION. MR. SILVA DETERMINED THAT HE WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT A THIRD TAKEOFF. MR. CHUBB ELECTED TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE AND NOT BE A PARTY TO ANY ADDITIONAL TAKEOFF ATTEMPTS. ON THE THIRD TAKEOFF ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT (AT ROTATION SPEED) VEERED TO THE LEFT, LEAVING THE RUNWAY. MR. SILVA STATED THAT HE... "REDUCED POWER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT GOING INTO A DITCH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY". MR. SILVA FURTHER STATED THAT HE FELT THAT THE LEFT MAIN TIRE HIT A "POT HOLE" OR SOME SORT OF DEPRESSION CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE RUNWAY WAS WET AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ON INSPECTION BY THE FAA IT APPEARED THAT THE RUNWAY HAD NOT BEEN MOWED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

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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