# Accident 20020425009239A: Piper PA32RT300, Viburnum, MO, April 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2002, 15:45 local time
- Place: Viburnum, MO
- Airport: Viburnum Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7103° N, 91.1205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7103&lon=-91.1205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36555, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36555) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020425009239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WEIGHED A TOTAL OF 1,005 POUNDS. AIRPLANE HAD 432 POUNDS OF FUEL. BY THE PILOT'S CALCULATIONS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPLANE WAS 83.8 POUNDS OVER ITS 3,600 MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT AND ITS CENTER OF GRAVITY WAS AT THE AFT LIMIT OF THE ENVELOPE. PILOT ESTIMATED THE WIND AS 270 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. RUNWAY 27 WAS INTO THE WIND WITH RISING TERRAIN AND A CHURCH AT THE END. RUNWAY 9 HAD LEVEL UNOBSTRUCTED SURFACE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY THAT THEN SLOPED DOWNWARD INTO A VALLEY. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DEPART RUNWA 27. THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW AND DID NOT USE THE SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF PROCEDURE AS STATED IN THE POH. DURING ROTATION THE AIRPLANE'S TAIL DRAGGED ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE BUT FAILED TO CLIMB OR ACCELERATE. SEEING THE OBSTACLES APPROACHING THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT AND CRASHED ON RISING TERRAIN AT THE END OF RUNWAY 27. THE AIRPLANE SLID UPHILL APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET IN DISTANCE AND 25 FEET IN ELEVATION. THE LANDING GEAR SHEARED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE AND STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## 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 CHI02LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA123), Apr 25, 2002: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N36555), Viburnum, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper short field takeoff planning and procedure. The takeoff weight above the maximum gross weight and the hill were contributing factors.

## Other reports on N36555 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850206008639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850206008639I), Feb 6, 1985: Piper PA32RT300 (N36555), Oshkosh, WI. Battery shorted out. Lost electrical power. Reversed course landing VFR.

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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