# Accident 20080328013989A: Piper PA28150, Mankato, KS, March 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2008, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mankato, KS
- Airport: Mankato
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1333° N, 98.0333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1333&lon=-98.0333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50GM-2008-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080328013989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PRACTICING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF AT KTKO, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DRIFTED RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY THROUGH A FENCE AND INTO A PASTURE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 DEN08CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA068), Mar 28, 2008: Piper PA-28-150 (N50GM), Mankato, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing factors were the fence and trees.

## Other reports on N50GM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890109006669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890109006669I), Jan 9, 1989: Piper PA28150 (N50GM), Beatrice, NE. Smoke in cabin, declared emergency. Shut off electrics,cleared. After landing found generator bearing seized.

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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