# Accident 20170608005209A: Piper PA-28-140, Auburn, IN, June 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2017, 13:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, IN
- Airport: Mooney Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2072° N, 85.0033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2072&lon=-85.0033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4543R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4543R-2018-08-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 271 total, 75 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170608005209A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2017, AT APPOXIMATELY 1330, A PIPER PA28-140, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT AND LONE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 27 FROM HIS 2000FT PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY (22IN) IN AUBURN, INDIANA. UPON REACHING 50 TO 55KTS, HE ROTATED  AND STALLED, BOUNCED AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON.  KNOWING THAT HE WOULDN'T CLEAR THE TREES IN FRONT OF HIM, HE TURNED LEFT. HE WENT THROUGH A HAY/BEAN FIELD, HIT A DITCH, BREAKING OFF HIS RIGHT MAIN GEAR THEN CONTINUING ON AND COMING TO REST 200 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY ONTO A  BARN PORCH. EACH WING MADE CONTACT WITH A PORCH PILLAR CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSESS.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE UP POSITION.

## 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 GAA17CA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA336), Jun 8, 2017: Piper PA 28 (N4543R), Auburn, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue to attempt to take off despite the airplane’s inability to attain a positive climb rate, which resulted in little runway remaining, and his subsequent decision to…

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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