# Accident 20190607006049A: Piper PA-28-140, Bowdoinham, ME, June 7, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2019, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bowdoinham, ME
- Airport: Merrymeeting
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6945° N, 69.3822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6945&lon=-69.3822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7227F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7227F) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 623 total, 306 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190607006049A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 7, 2019 N7227F WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT. THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED A SOFT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING INTO MERRYMEETING FIELD (08B) RUNWAY 32. UPON LANDING, THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED SOFT FIELD TAXI PROCEDURES AND TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 32 TO PREPARE FOR A DEPARTURE. UPON APPLICATION OF POWER TO TAKE OFF RUNWAY 32, THE INSTRUCTOR FELT THAT THE GRASS WAS TOO WET AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING FAST ENOUGH TO SAFELY DEPART, SO HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF. THE INSTRUCTOR TAXIED BACK, SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT, AND DISCUSSED THE AIRPORT CONDITIONS WITH LOCAL AIRPORT MANAGEMENT. THE INSTRUCTOR FELT HE COULD DEPART FROM RUNWAY 14, WHICH APPEARED TO BE DRIER IN THE FIRST 1,000 FEET AND HAVE THE PERFORMANCE TO BE AIRBORNE BY 1,000 FEET. THE INSTRUCTOR INDICATED USING 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND INITIATED THE TAKE OFF ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED AND BEGAN TO DEPART THE SURFACE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY THE HALF WAY POINT ON THE RUNWAY. THIS WAS EVIDENCED BY LANDING GEAR MARKINGS ON THE TURF SHOWING THE AIRCRAFT DID MOMENTARILY LEAVE THE GROUND, BUT THEN SETTLED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID IT WAS NOT ACCELERATING FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE TREE LINE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND HE MADE THE DECISION TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT GOING OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 GAA19CA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA350), Jun 7, 2019: Piper PA28 (N7227F), Nowdoinham, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed decision to abort the takeoff from a wet, grass runway with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun and the airplane going down an embankment.

## Other reports on N7227F (1)

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

- [Accident 19750625016619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750625016619A), Jun 25, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N7227F), Keene, NH, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing,collapsed nose landing gear during recovery attempt.

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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