# Accident 20160909019159A: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL, Warrenton, VA, September 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2016, 12:20 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton Air Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.6508° N, 77.7897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6508&lon=-77.7897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 05617YD, https://openairdocs.org/model/pacific-aerospace-750xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PACIFIC AEROSPACE CORP LTD 750XL
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,659 total, 230 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA477) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160909019159A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/9/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215, N750SS, PACCAR 750XL ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM WARRENTON AIR PARK ON RWY 22 WITH 13 JUMPERS ON BOARD. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WERE HIGH (90/75).  AIRCRAFT ROTATED AT APPROX 61 KTS, AFTER TRAVELLING CLOSE TO 740FT. PILOT IMMEDIATLEY HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN AND FELT MUSHY CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT  STALLED AND SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. PILOT DECREASED POWER AND APPLIED BETA AND BRAKING. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED REMAINING DISTANCE OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED FENCE AND DITCH WHICH CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. UPON EVACUATION OF PASSENGERS AND ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE, PILOT NOTED THE FLAPS WERE IN THE UP POSITION. FLAPS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET IN THE 20 DEGREE DOWN POSITION. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY CONFIGURE AIRCRAFT FOR TAKEOFF.

## 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 GAA16CA477](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA477), Sep 9, 2016: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (N750SS), Warrenton, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to set the wing flaps for takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, an aborted takeoff, and a runway overrun.

## Other reports on N750SS (3)

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

- [Accident 20140509007779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140509007779A), May 9, 2014: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N750SS), Warrenton, VA, Substantial damage. On may 9, 2014 at approximately 1400 pilot [privacy data omitted] was landing at Warrenton airpark (7VG0) when he experienced a left main landing gear failure.…
- [Incident 20080323013539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080323013539I), Mar 23, 2008: Pac 750XL (N750SS), Minden, NV, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) [privacy data omitted], united states parachute association (uspa) member #160619, D-23704, exited Pac 750, N750SS at approximately 18,000 feet MSL. At…
- [Incident 20050605013499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050605013499I), Jun 5, 2005: Pac 750XL (N750SS), East Troy, WI, 1 fatal. (-23) Skydiver: [privacy data omitted] third jump of the day. She had 123 previous jumps. Member of skyknights skydivers, East Troy WI. Jumped from 13,500…

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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