# Accident 20140523024189A: Piper PA-22, Roundup, MT, May 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: Roundup, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4325° N, 108.4536° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4325&lon=-108.4536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3460A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3460A-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 21 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA401) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140523024189A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COULD NOT ACHIEVE FLIGHT, PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AT END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTATIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT AND PASSANGER DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES

## 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 WPR14CA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA401), May 23, 2014: Piper PA 22 (N3460A), Roundup, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed action to abort the takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and a high density altitude.

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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