# Accident 20230223001529A: Piper PA-28-140, Martinsville, IN, February 23, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2023, 11:48 local time
- Place: Martinsville, IN
- Airport: Twelve Oaks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4514° N, 86.3283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4514&lon=-86.3283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1700T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1700T-2023-09-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 762 total, 366 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230223001529A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 23, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:48 EASTERN TIME, THE PILOT ROTATED AT 45-50 MPH AND NEVER WENT ABOVE 40 MPH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 17 AT TWELVE OAKS PRIVATE AIRFIELD (II87) IN A PIPER PA-28 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. IN HER ATTEMPT TO CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND AND THE PILOT ROTATED A SECOND TIME. THE AIRSPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT INCREASE DUE TO THE SLOW SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. FEARING A STALL, THE PILOT RELEASED BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE AND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN TO ATTEMPT TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND STRUCK A BUSH ON THE RIGHT WING, SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID DOWN A HILL AND CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE EARLY ROTATION WAS BELOW STALL SPEED AND CREATED A LOSS OF CONTROL SITUATION.

## 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 CEN23LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA119), Feb 23, 2023: Piper PA-28-140 (N1700T), Martinsville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate weather evaluation and failure to abort the takeoff that resulted in an impact with terrain.

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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