# Accident 20021213037299A: Piper PA60601P, Manassas, VA, December 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2002, 19:00 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7214° N, 77.5156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7214&lon=-77.5156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141AJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540A1A5
- Pilot flight hours: 3,418 total, 400 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03IA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021213037299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED, HE STARTED TAKEOFF ROLL AND AT 1000 FOOT MARK AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING TO THE LEFT, HE HEARD TWO THUMPS PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT VEERING, THOUGHT MAYBE ICE ON LEFT BRAKE, BUT STATED HE TAXIED FOR A DISTANCE PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. PILOT CLOSED THROTTLES AND TRIED STOPPING BUT ENDED UP IN SMALL DITCH COLLAPSING LEFT MAIN GEAR, DAMAGE TO LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER, LEFT WING, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND LEFT GEAR DOOR. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED FROM THE DITCH ALL TIRES WERE STILL INFLATED, AND AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE TERMINAL AREA AT HEF INDICATING NO BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED FOR A DAY OR TWO AT DULLES AVIATION PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC03IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03IA030), Dec 13, 2002: Piper PA-601P (N141AJ), Manassas, VA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot' failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff.

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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