# Accident 20090506005049A: Piper PA28140, Seminole, OK, May 6, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2009, 15:10 local time
- Place: Seminole, OK
- Airport: Seminole Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2747° N, 96.6750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2747&lon=-96.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7271J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7271J-2009-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090506005049A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPART RNWY 34 AT THE SEMINOLE AIRPORT, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE PAVED AREA TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE 5000 FOOT X 75 FOOT HARD SURFACE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT STRADDLED NUMEROUS RUNWAY LIGHTS BEFORE COLLIDING WITH ONE AT 1500 FOOT THEN CONTINUED NW OF THE RUNWAY, BRIEFLY BECAME AIRBORNE, COLLIDED WITH A SMALL ELM TREE CAME BACK TO THE SURFACE, SKIDDED ALONG THE DIRT, ROCK AND MUD FOR APPROX 200 FEET THEN COLLIDED WITH A STAND OF MIXED SIZE ELM AND SCRUB TREES.  THE AIRMAN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH A SMALL ABRASION ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE CALM WINDS AND VISIBILITY BETTER THAN 10 MILES.

## 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 CEN09CA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA282), May 6, 2009: Piper PA-28-140 (N7271J), Seminole, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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