# Accident 20110220001989A: Piper PA-32R-301, Holdenville, OK, February 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Holdenville, OK
- Airport: Holdenville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0858° N, 96.4167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0858&lon=-96.4167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8310L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8310L-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 105 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110220001989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO TAKE-OFF DOWN WIND, COULD NOT GAIN ALTITUDE AND AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES APPROX 3/8 MILE NORTH OF RUNWAY 17. AIRCRAFT WINGS WERE SHEARED OFF IN TREES APPROX 20 FEET FROM WHERE THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST. FLAPS AND CONTROLS WHERE IN RETRACT POSITION, LANDING GEAR AND CONTROLS INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED,

## 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 CEN11CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA197), Feb 20, 2011: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8310L), Holdenville, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land with a tailwind and his delay in executing a go around.

## Other reports on N8310L (2)

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

- [Incident 20010817021689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010817021689I), Aug 17, 2001: Piper PA32R301 (N8310L), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23)During landing roll-out, the right landing gear folded, the aircraft went off the runway into the grass and the nose gear folded.
- [Accident 19830624026909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830624026909A), Jun 24, 1983: Piper PA32R301 (N8310L), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Slow acceleration on takeoff. Aborted too late and ran off end of runway. Over gross weight and warm day.

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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