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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Lake Ariel, PA · May 13, 2012

Date
May 13, 2012 · 17:00 local
Place
Lake Ariel, PA
Airport
Airport Name
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N98568
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA335
Reported as
Piper J3C-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,023 total2,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot stated that aircraft was not developing speed while on the ground roll. And it took him longer to achieve rotation speed, he rotated the aircraft at a spot that was further down the runway than normal, after rotation he stated that he was not going to be able to clear the trees at the end of the runway so he pushed the nose down and applied left rudder to get the aircraft back on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DEVELOPING SPEED WHILE ON THE GROUND ROLL.AND IT TOOK HIM LONGER TO ACHIEVE ROTATION SPEED, HE ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT AT A SPOT THAT WAS FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN NORMAL, AFTER ROTATION HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY SO HE PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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