# Accident 20120922021229A: Piper PA-28-140, Maryville, TN, September 22, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2012, 07:30 local time
- Place: Maryville, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5078° N, 84.0689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5078&lon=-84.0689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56796, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56796-2018-01-10) (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 PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 300 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA585](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA585) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120922021229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED (TYS) MCGEE TYSON AIRPORT LOCATED IN ALOCA TENNESSEE AT  APPROXIMATLEY 0700.  PILOT LANDED AT HIS PERSONAL 1900' GRASS STRIP LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MARYVILLE TENNESSEE, APPROXIMATLEY 8 NAUTICAL MILES FROM (TYS).  PILOT HAD 36 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD.  PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED 1900' GRASS STRIP AT 0730 AND COULD NOT GAIN ALTITUDE.  CRASHED AT DEPARTURE END APPROXIMATLEY 75' INTO NEIGHBORS BACK YARD.  NO INJURIES, SUBSTNTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.NOTE:  GRASS STRIP WAS LEVEL AND MOWED CLOSE.  PILOT WEIGHT WAS APPROXIMATLEY 200LBS.  ACCORDING TO PILOT PASSENGER WEIGHT WAS CLOSE TO HIS WEIGHT, PILOT STATED 115 POUNDS UNDER GROSS WEIGHT.  WIND 6 KNOTS AT 210, RUNWAY HEADING WAS 10 DEGREES.  IN 2008 THIS PILOT HAD AN ACCIDENT AT THE EXACT LOCATION.

## 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 ERA12CA585](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA585), Sep 22, 2012: Piper PA-28-140 (N56796), Maryville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to plan and execute a takeoff that assured obstacle clearance at the departure end of the runway, which resulted in a collision with trees.

## Other reports on N56796 (1)

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

- [Incident 20080804844699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080804844699I), Aug 4, 2008: Piper PA28140 (N56796), Maryville, TN, No damage. Pilot aborted takeoff on a Private strip and ran threw a fence.

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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