# NTSB ATL83LA138: Piper PA-28, N8593N, Stone Mountain, GA, March 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Stone Mountain, GA
- Location: 33.8042° N, 84.1714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stone Mountain, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8042&lon=-84.1714&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6033
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6033/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA138

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8593N-2014-11-20), registration cancelled 2014-11-20, S/N 28-7125404, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7102802
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830319020829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830319020829A), Mar 19, 1983: Piper PA28140, Stone Mountain, GA, Destroyed. Windshift to tailwind on takeoff roll. Aborted but ran off end of runway into an embankment. No weather check.

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.

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