# Incident 20140526006869I: Piper PA-28-140, Franklin, KY, May 26, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2014, 15:14 local time
- Place: Franklin, KY
- Airport: Welcome Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7112° N, 86.6361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELCOME FLD (35KY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7112&lon=-86.6361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5768U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5768U) (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: 93 total, 6 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140526006869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED: "I STARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN FOR 20 MINUTES WHILE SETTING MY GPS.  I THEN TAXIED TO THE END OF THE GRASS STRIP DID MY RUNUP AND EVERYTHING LOOKED AND SOUNDED NORMAL.  I THEN BEGAN MY TAKEOFF ROLL AND ROTATED ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, AT 70 MPH AND NO FLAPS."

HE FURTHER STATED THAT" THE AIRCRAFT FELT HEAVY AND DID NOT SEEM TO WANT TO CLIMB, BUT THE ENGINE STILL SOUNDED NORMAL. I ADDED A NOTCH OF FLAPS BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TO HELP THE CLIMB. I SAW THE POWERLINES AHEAD, BEGAN A SLIGHT LEFT TURN BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID HITTING THE SET OF POWERLINES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, BREAKING TWO OF THEM AND LANDING THE AIRCRAFT AHEAD IN A CORN FIELD."

THE PROP HAD DAMAGE FROM CUTTING THE POWER LINE AND THERE WAS PART OF THE POWERLINE CABLE WRAPPED AROUND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT, HALF OF THE NOSE WHEEL PANT WAS BROKEN OFF. OTHER THAN A SMALL DENT IN THE AFT FUSELAGE THAT APPEARED TO BE THE ONLY DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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