# Accident 20150422005789A: Piper PA-16, Hartwell, GA, April 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2015, 09:05 local time
- Place: Hartwell, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3822° N, 82.9456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3822&lon=-82.9456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5616H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5616H-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-16
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 110 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150422005789A

## Narrative

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

INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED RUNWAY INTO TREES ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  2 OCCUPANTS WERE ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES.  INSPECTOR REVIEWED AIRCRAFT RECORDS AND FOUND INSPECTIONS AND AD'S TO BE CURRENT.

PILOT ADVISED THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF AND VEERED OFF INTO TREES.

## 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 GAA15CA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA047), Apr 22, 2015: Piper PA 16 (N5616H), Hartwell, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.

## Other reports on N5616H (1)

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

- [Incident 20110911020999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110911020999I), Sep 11, 2011: Piper PA-16 (N5616H), Anderson, SC, Minor damage. On September 11, 2011 at approximately 1920 hrs, the pilot was practicing take-offs and landings at the Anderson Regional Airport (and), Anderson, south…

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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