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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Sparta, WI · July 18, 2008

Date
July 18, 2008 · 22:30 local
Place
Sparta, WI
Airport
Sparta/Fort Mc Coy
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2133V
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI08LA197
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
317 total111 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) July 18, 2008 N2133V piloted by privacy data omitted departed st. paul municipal (sgs) on a personal pleasure flight and laned at Sparta fort mccoy (cmy) at approximatley 2200 local. Cmy weather at the time of accident was calm 10 mile vis partly cloudy SCT033, SCT039, 050 temperature 72 dwpt 68 alt. 29.95. Pilot and 3 passengers were onboard. Fuel was added to the aircraft. At approximately 2230 local the pilot and four passengers boarded the aircraft and proceed to takeoff easterly on runway 11 at cmy. The takeoff was aborted near the end of runway 11 and the aircraft slid approximately 90 feet off the end of the runway. The aircraft came to rest down a slight embankment 90 ft straight off of rwy 11 displaced threshold. The right wing struck a guard rail post where the aircraft came to rest. The landing gear was sheared off and right and left wing spars were damaged. The propeller had one blade bent from impact. The engine was not running when the aircraft came to a stop. The passenger in the aft left seat was taken to the hospital with abdominal and lower backpain.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) JULY 18, 2008 N2133V PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED ST. PAUL MUNICIPAL (SGS) ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT AND LANED AT SPARTA FORT MCCOY (CMY) AT APPROXIMATLEY 2200 LOCAL. CMY WEATHER AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS CALM 10 MILE VIS PARTLY CLOUDY SCT033, SCT039, 050 TEMPERATURE 72 DWPT 68 ALT. 29.95. PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE ONBOARD. FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 LOCAL THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT AND PROCEED TO TAKEOFF EASTERLY ON RUNWAY 11 AT CMY. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED NEAR THE END OF RUNWAY 11 AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST DOWN A SLIGHT EMBANKMENT 90 FT STRAIGHT OFF OF RWY 11 DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A GUARD RAIL POST WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND RIGHT AND LEFT WING SPARS WERE DAMAGED. THE PROPELLER HAD ONE BLADE BENT FROM IMPACT. THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE PASSENGER IN THE AFT LEFT SEAT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH ABDOMINAL AND LOWER BACKPAIN.

NTSB investigation

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