20040802020989A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Point Lookout, MO · August 2, 2004

Date: August 2, 2004 · 14:51 local
Place: Point Lookout, MO
Airport: M Graham Clark Airport
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N4230R
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI04FA205
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 5
Pilot’s flight hours: 220 total200 in this make and model

N4230RRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2006 · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-40595 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The 3700 foot long runway was level, dry, and paved. The density altitude was about 3200 feet. The airplane was loaded within 100 pounds of maximum takeoff weight. The takeoff run was started at the approach end of the runway. Skid marks indicated the takeoff was aborted about 900 feet from the departure end of the runway. The airplane went off the end of the runway with the brakes locked, nose in the air, and fell about 60 feet into a concrete drainage ditch. It exploded on impact and was almost totally consumed by fire. Apparently there was some confusion in the cockpit since the brakes were applied, the engine was developing power, and it went off the runway close to flying speed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE 3700 FOOT LONG RUNWAY WAS LEVEL, DRY, AND PAVED. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 3200 FEET. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOADED WITHIN 100 POUNDS OF MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT. THE TAKEOFF RUN WAS STARTED AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. SKID MARKS INDICATED THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED ABOUT 900 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE BRAKES LOCKED, NOSE IN THE AIR, AND FELL ABOUT 60 FEET INTO A CONCRETE DRAINAGE DITCH. IT EXPLODED ON IMPACT AND WAS ALMOST TOTALLY CONSUMED BY FIRE. APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN THE COCKPIT SINCE THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER, AND IT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY CLOSE TO FLYING SPEED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI04FA205Accident · 5 fatalField investigationFinal reportPoint Lookout, MOThe pilot's failure attain adequate flying speed and his delay in aborting the takeoff which resulted in premature liftoff and an overrun of the runway. Contributing factors were the descending embankment, trees and ravine.Aug 2, 2004 · Destroyed