# Accident 20150708012159A: Piper PA-28-140, Oakdale, LA, July 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2015, 15:15 local time
- Place: Oakdale, LA
- Airport: Dyer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9069° N, 92.6525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9069&lon=-92.6525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3949K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3949K-2018-05-30) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 89 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150708012159A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED NORTH BOUND DEPARTURE FORM PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. ONCE AIRBORNE, PILOT REPORTED 10 -15 KNOT TAIL WIND GUSTS. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND DITCH EMBANKMENT COMING TO REST INVERTED AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRSTRIP.

## 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 CEN15LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA301), Jul 8, 2015: Piper PA 28-140 (N3949K), Oakdale, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning resulting in the airplane not having adequate performance to climb and clear the trees off the end of the dirt runway.

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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