# Accident 20010722018779A: Piper PA38112, Tracy, MN, July 22, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 22, 2001, 21:00 local time - Place: Tracy, MN - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 44.2307° N, 95.6109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2307&lon=-95.6109&mi=10 - Aircraft: N23475, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23475-2006-09-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA228) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010722018779A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JULY 22, 2001, AT 2100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-38-112, N23475, OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT OVERRAN RUNWAY 17 (1,918 FEET BY 200 FEET, DRY GRASS/TURF) AT THE TRACY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TRACY, MINNESOTA, WENT THROUGH CROPS, AND IMPACTED TWO FENCES DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND DUAL STUDENT ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THE AIRPLANE WAS RESTING UPRIGHT IN A SOYBEAN FIELD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. PRECEDING THE AIRPLANE, 40 FOOT LONG TIRE MARKS WERE OBSERVED IN AN ALFALFA FIELD JUST OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS BROKEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE PERIMETER FENCE AROUND THE SOYBEAN FIELD WAS BROKEN. THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS LOCATED AT THIS FENCE. THE AIRPLANE'S COWLING WAS CRUSHED AFT AND BE NT. THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN AFT. THE BOTTOM 1/4 OF THE AIRPLANE'S FIREWALL WAS BENT AFT. THE PROPELLER SHOWED TORSIONAL BENDING AND CHORDWISE SCRATCHES. BOTH WINGS WERE CRUSHED AFT ALONG THE WINGS' LEADING EDGES. THE FUSELAGE WAS TWISTED AFT OF THE DOORS. THE EMPENNAGE WAS TWISTED LEFT APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, ENGINE CONTROLS AND OTHER AIRPLANE SYSTEMS REVEALED NO ANOMAILIES. (-23) ON 07/22/01 AT 0130Z (2030 LOCAL) A PIPER PA-38-112 OWNED BY MIDWEST AVIATION AND OPERATED BY MATT H. SEDERSTROM (GIVING A BFR TO HARVEY ROEPKE CERTIFICATE NUMBER 474524675) ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM THE TRACY MN (Y68) AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND CRASHED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, MR. SEDERSTROM RECEIVED A SMALL CUT ON HIS HAND, MR. ROEPKE WAS UNINJURED. THE PIC (SEDERSTROM) HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE (ASEL/AMEL) WITH INSTRUMENT AND INSTRUCTOR RATINGS. ## 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 CHI01LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA228), Jul 23, 2001: Piper PA-38-112 (N23475), Tracy, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The inadvertent stall during the initial takeoff. Factors relating to the accident were the student pilot's premature lift-off of the airplane during the initial takeoff, the instructor pilot's… ## Other reports on N23475 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19911207055109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911207055109I), Dec 7, 1991: Piper PA38112 (N23475), Marshall, MN, Minor damage. Student pilot made a hard landing while attempting his second supervised solo flight. - [Incident 19830327014929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830327014929I), Mar 27, 1983: Piper PA38112 (N23475), Goldsby, OK, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing when the inboard main landing gear attaching bolt failed. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.