# Incident 20150815019109I: Piper PA-28-140, Franklin, PA, August 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2015, 19:30 local time
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Airport: Venango Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3774° N, 79.8606° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENANGO RGNL (FKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3774&lon=-79.8606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4542R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4542R) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 11 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150815019109I

## Narrative

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

ON 8-15-2015, N4542R ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 21 AT VENANGO REGIONAL AIRPORT (FKL). ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, SHORTLY AFTER HE ROTATED THE NOSE, HE DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT REACHING PROPER RPM AND ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF. WHILE THE PILOT WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RPMS, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE PILOT GUIDED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND CONTINUED THE ROLL-OUT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS TWO PASSENGERS. UPON INSPECTION, THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS NOTED: MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF A DENT AND SMALL HOLE IN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRING; A SMALL DENT IN THE LEFT STABILATOR LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES FROM THE OUT BOARD TIP; TWO SMALL DENTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT STABILATOR AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE LEADING EDGE DENT. A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE RUN REVEALED THAT THE THE ENGINE MIXTURE WAS NOT SET CORRECTLY AND DID NOT RISE 50 RPM WHEN THE ENGINE WAS WARM AND LEANED AT IDLE.

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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