- Date
- May 5, 1982, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jonesboro, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N900AAPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820505013989A
- Case key
- 71204
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After utilizing the southwest runway for takeoff and landing the pilot noted that the limp windsock had shifted to indicate use of the northeast runway. The next takeoff was therefore made to the northeast, with an uphill gradient to the runway. After a slower than normal acceleration the aircraft finally became airborne when it passed over a rise in the runway. In an attempt to increase airspeed the pilot lowered the nose. The airplane continued in ground effect until it struck a barbed wire fence and yawed out of control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N900AA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0171
- Airframe hours
- 1,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Appalachian Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Appalachian Flying Service
- Departed
- TRI · Bristol, TN
- Destination
- TRI · Bristol, TN
- Airport
- Decker Farm
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 651 total · 10 in this make and model · 517 as pilot in command · 163 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.