# Accident 20040710030489A: Piper PA28140, Cumming, GA, July 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2004, 16:43 local time
- Place: Cumming, GA
- Airport: Mathis Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1019° N, 84.1664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1019&lon=-84.1664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56776, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56776-2005-01-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710030489A

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA ^WAS THE PILOT OF N56776 AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MATHIS AIRPORT 7/10/2004. THE AIRPORT, PER AIRPORT OWNER^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS CLOSED DUE TO RESURFACING. 2/3 OF THE RUNWAY WAS RESURFACED 07-09-2004 WITH THE REMAINING 1/3 TO BE COMPLETED 07-10-2004. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DEPARTED MATHIS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 AM USING ONLY THE 2/3 OF A 1550 FOOT RUNWAY. TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF DEPARTURE WAS 90F. AIRPORT ALTITUDE IS 1170'. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^, PER EYEWITNESSES DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE UNTIL 50' FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO SINK OR STALL THEN CRASHED INTO THE WOODED AREA.

## 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 ATL04LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA150), Jul 10, 2004: Piper PA-28-140 (N56776), Cumming, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain takeoff performance data, and his intentional takeoff from a closed and short runway which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree.

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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