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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Somerset, KY · April 8, 2023

Date
April 8, 2023 · 09:05 local
Place
Somerset, KY
Airport
Lake Cumberland Regional Airpo
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2448R
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA23LA199
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total22 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pre-flight, engine start, and run-up were normal. Pilot initiated take-off roll and upon reaching 55 knots, rotated from the runway. Immediately upon rotation, stall light illuminated, the pilot leveled the aircraft with engine at full throttle, however could not prevent the aircraft from settling back to the runway along the its left edge. The aircraft departed the runway to the left and control was lost. The aircraft continued on, striking the ILS antenna, causing damage to both wings and the nose gear. The aircraft continued forward towards a taxiway, upon contact with the edge of the taxiway the nose gear was sheared from the aircraft. Continued across the taxiway, forward momentum of the aircraft being significantly slowed by contact between the fuselage and pavement, coming to rest just beyond the edge of the taxiway. The pilot suffered no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PRE-FLIGHT, ENGINE START, AND RUN-UP WERE NORMAL. PILOT INITIATED TAKE-OFF ROLL AND UPON REACHING 55 KNOTS, ROTATED FROM THE RUNWAY. IMMEDIATELY UPON ROTATION, STALL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE PILOT LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE AT FULL THROTTLE, HOWEVER COULD NOT PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM SETTLING BACK TO THE RUNWAY ALONG THE ITS LEFT EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CONTROL WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON, STRIKING THE ILS ANTENNA, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD TOWARDS A TAXIWAY, UPON CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY, FORWARD MOMENTUM OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWED BY CONTACT BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND PAVEMENT, COMING TO REST JUST BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.