- Date
- March 19, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8593NPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830319020829A
- Case key
- 6033
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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
The aircraft overran the departure end of the runway and collided with an embankment during an aborted takeoff. The student pilot did not file a flight plan or check the weather for this flight. The weather was VMC but the pilot startedthe takeoff down wind. The pilot initiated the abort when he discovered he was going downwind and was at rotational speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8593N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7102802
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C.Cummings,III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 00A · Stone Mountain, runway 17, 2,500 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 74 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.