# Accident 20040802020989A: Piper PA32300, Point Lookout, MO, August 2, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2004, 14:51 local time
- Place: Point Lookout, MO
- Airport: M Graham Clark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6228° N, 93.2228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6228&lon=-93.2228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4230R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4230R-2006-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040802020989A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI04FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA205), Aug 2, 2004: Piper PA-32-300 (N4230R), Point Lookout, MO, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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