# Accident 20051208029499A: Piper PA34200, Columbia, SC, December 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2005, 00:44 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: X6PA
- Location: 33.9386° N, 81.1194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9386&lon=-81.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N997BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N997BW-2007-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34 (registry code 7103404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,010 total, 475 in this make and model, 722 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051208029499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON TAKEOFF ON RW 29 AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN WEST COLUMBIA, SC, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND PITCHED UP VIOLENTLY TO APPROXIMATELY 150 FT IN THE AIR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REDUCED POWER AND DESCENDED, BUT WITHOUT CONTROL LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY, VEERED RIGHT AND CAME TO A REST APPROXIMATELY 200 FT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL06LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA021), Dec 8, 2005: Piper PA-34-200 (N997BW), Columbia, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel's improper installation of the stabilator trim arm which resulted in separation of a bolt, loss of control during takeoff, and a subsequent hard landing.

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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