# Accident 20200706007989A: Piper PA-28R-180, Bardstown, KY, July 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2020, 11:35 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8144° N, 85.4997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8144&lon=-85.4997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3725T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3725T-2021-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 68 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200706007989A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TO PREPARE FOR HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS RATING, HE WAS FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT AND WAS PERFORMING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. AFTER LIFTOFF IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AND CONTACTED THE GROUND, RAN THROUGH A DITCH AT WHICH TIME THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED REARWARD. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY

## 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 ERA20CA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA240), Jul 6, 2020: Piper PA28R (N3725T), Bardstown, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The commercial pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack and subsequent loss of lateral bank control during a soft field takeoff.

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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