# Accident 20070731017199A: Piper PA28161, Winchester, VA, July 31, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Jucapa Farms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3756° N, 78.3072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3756&lon=-78.3072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2893G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2893G-2010-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 844 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070731017199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET BEYOND DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 16 AT 9VG9 IN A THICKLY FORESTED AREA. THE AIRPLANE STRUCTURE WAS INTACT AND THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE UNINJURED. AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE NEVER ACHIEVED MORE THAN THREE FEET OF ALTITUDE PRIOR TO THE FIRST IMPACT. THE RUNWAY USED IN THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF IS 1500 FEET LONG WITH A DOWNSLOPE OF 43 FEET. THERE IS STEEPLY RISING TERRAIN BEGINNING ABOUT 500 FEET BEYOND THE END OF THIS RUNWAY. THE FIELD ELEVATION IS 1160 FEET MSL. THE TEMPERATURE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH WAS APPROXIMATELY 93 DEGREES F. THE AIRPLANE CARRIED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY GALLONS OF FUEL, TWO PEOPLE AND ONE BAG CONTAINING A LAPTOP COMPUTER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED THE TAKEOFF USING 25 DEGREES OF FLAPS. NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES HAVE BEEN NOTED YET.

## 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 NYC07CA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA181), Jul 31, 2007: Piper PA-28-161 (N2893G), Winchester, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

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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