# Accident 20040607017619A: Piper PA28140, Lakes Wales, FL, June 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2004, 10:25 local time
- Place: Lakes Wales, FL
- Airport: Chalet Suzanne Air Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9536° N, 81.6014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9536&lon=-81.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41916, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41916-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 271 total, 4 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040607017619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. HE SAID THE FLAPS WERE SET AT 0 DEGREES AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 25. HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE LOWERED THE NOSE BUT STILL DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED. CLOSED THE THROTTLE TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF BUT SAW HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT SO HE OPENED THE THROTTLE AGAIN. AFTER LEAVING THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO GAIN ALTITUDE. HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A SMALL POND INSTEAD OF HITTING TERRACED WALLS AND POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE LOWER NOSE COWL AND LEFT WING. RIBS IN THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING WERE CRUSHED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IMMERSED IN WATER.

## 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 MIA04CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA094), Jun 7, 2004: Piper PA-28-140 (N41916), Lake Wales, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff resulting in an overrun of the runway and subsequent impact with water. A finding in the accident was the pilot's failure to extend the flaps to the second…

## Other reports on N41916 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780629042739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780629042739A), Jun 29, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N41916), Millville, NJ, Substantial damage. Student stated that insufficient pwr applied to execute touch & gaps were fully extended.

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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