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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46R-350T · Monroe, LA · May 21, 2013

Date
May 21, 2013 · 11:30 local
Place
Monroe, LA
Airport
Monroe Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N191TM
Reported as
Piper PA46R-350T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,033 total500 in this make and model20 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.

During takeoff just prior to rotating speed the aircraft experienced a sudden surge of power and uncommanded lift then drifted left of the runway over the grass. Pilot decided to abort take off. During rollout on the grass the aircraft struck an airport sign which sustained very minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF JUST PRIOR TO ROTATING SPEED THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SURGE OF POWER AND UNCOMMANDED LIFT THEN DRIFTED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY OVER THE GRASS. PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT TAKE OFF. DURING ROLLOUT ON THE GRASS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN AIRPORT SIGN WHICH SUSTAINED VERY MINOR DAMAGE.