# Incident 20010902024409I: Piper PA24250, San Luis Obispo, CA, September 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2001, 12:27 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5580P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5580P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total, 101 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010902024409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS TAKING OFF USING RUNWAY 29 AT SAN LUIS OBISOP, CA FOR A FLIGHT TO WHITEMAN (WHP) WITH NORMAL INSTRUMENT INDICATIONS. HE ROTATED AT 85 MPH AND THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T FEEL OR SOUND RIGHT. THEREFORE, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS. HE THEN EXECUTED THE SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, OR INJURY TO PERSONS ONBOARD. A SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT SBP REVEALED THAT THE FRICTION NUT ON THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD COMPLETELY BACKED OUT AND CAME OFF ITS NORMAL SCREW MOUNTING. THIS SITUATION REDUCED THROTTLE TRAVEL SLIGHTLY AND CAUSED LESS THAN MAXIMUM TAKEOFF POWER SITUATION. THE DISCREPANCY WAS CORRECTED WHICH RESOLVED THE TAKEOFF POWER PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N5580P (1)

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

- [Incident 19951216044409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216044409I), Dec 16, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N5580P), Redding, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: 1. Landing gear did not extend on landing. 2. When pilot put landing gear lever to the down position he said that he could smell something like…

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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