# Accident 20080718846109A: Piper PA28161, Sparta, WI, July 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2008, 22:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, WI
- Airport: Sparta/Fort Mc Coy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9583° N, 90.7378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9583&lon=-90.7378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2133V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2133V-2009-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 111 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080718846109A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI08LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA197), Jul 19, 2008: Piper PA-28-161 (N2133V), Sparta, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the airplane's overgross weight condition.

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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