# Incident 20200905011939I: Piper PA-28-140, Ono, PA, September 5, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2020, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ono, PA
- Airport: Dee Jay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4025° N, 76.5116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEE JAY (8PA1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4025&lon=-76.5116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41989, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41989-2022-03-05) (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: 288 total, 41 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200905011939I

## Narrative

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

ON 9-5-20 AT 14:30 LOCAL, A PA28-140, N41989, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT DEE JAY AIRPORT, ONO, PA, DURING A BOTCHED TAKEOFF ATTEMPT.  THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO MECHANICAL ISSUES PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF ATTEMPT AND WAS MAKING FULL POWER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE 2 PASSENGERS ASKED FOR A RIDE AND HE DECIDED TO TAKE THEM.  ACCORDING TO HIS CALCULATIONS, THE 3 OCCUPANTS AND 15 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS JUST UNDER GROSS WEIGHT.  THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS DRY GRASS, WITH A SLIGHT RISE IN TERRAIN TO THE WEST.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO TAKEOFF TO THE WEST, AS THERE WAS AN INTERMITTENT WIND FROM THAT DIRECTION.  THE PILOT SET FLAPS 10, LEANED MIXTURE FOR MAXIMUM POWER AND BEGAN TAKEOFF.  HE ROTATED AT 55 MPH, AND BECAME AIRBORNE BUT COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR CLIMB WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GROUND AGAIN.  HE CONTINUED OFF THE AIRPORT, OVER A SOYBEAN FIELD, WHERE THE DRAG OF THE CROP TOUCHING THE TIRES RAPIDLY SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT.  HE PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND TOUCHED DOWN, AND ROLLED DOWN A SMALL INCLINE INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH AT LOW SPEED.  THE NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED.  ENGINE MOUNT AND AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WERE NOT DAMAGED.  PILOT TOWED AIRCRAFT BACK TO HANGAR TO BEGIN REPAIRING IT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.