20040829026939A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-180 · Ocean City, NJ · August 29, 2004

Date
August 29, 2004 · 16:20 local
Place
Ocean City, NJ
Airport
Ocean City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7573P
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD04CA042
Reported as
Piper PA24180
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,260 total13 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On departure from runway 24 at Ocean City Municipal Airport, the aircraft broke ground and veered to the left and struck a wind tee, located between the runway and taxiway. The pilot then set the aircraft down in the grass between the runway and taxiway, and returned to the ramp area. The damage to the aircraft consisted of a tear in the bottom of the fuselage, just inboard of the right wing root, approximately 3 feet long by 4 inches wide.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 24 AT OCEAN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT BROKE GROUND AND VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A WIND TEE, LOCATED BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE PILOT THEN SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY, AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP AREA. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A TEAR IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE, JUST INBOARD OF THE RIGHT WING ROOT, APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET LONG BY 4 INCHES WIDE.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N7573P · 1

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