- Date
- October 29, 1983, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9531QPiper PA-61P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831029056069A
- Case key
- 6377
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Analysis
The plt stated that during the takeoff roll the airspeed had accelerated through 128 KTS, but as the takeoff continued the airspeed dropped to 115 KTS & remained between 100-115 KTS. After rotation the acft would not climb or accelerate above 100-115 KTS. The plt rechecked the power plant controls & acft systems operations. The acft would only climb to about 20 ft AGL. The plt elected to abort the takeoff with about 1200 ft of runway remaining. The acft touched down & the plt applied maximum braking, but the acft ran off the end of the rwy collapsing the landing gear. The plt reported applying right rudder to maintain directional control during the attempted climbout, but no malfunction of the left eng was found. According to the owner's manual the accelerate stop distance was ample.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9531Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-61P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P-0354-109
- Airframe hours
- 1,325
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-51AS, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tristram Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1983 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- ORF · Norfolk, VA
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport
- ORF · Norfolk International, runway 32, 4,876 × 150 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,395 total · 60 in this make and model · 3,276 as pilot in command · 227 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF, 1 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.
Other investigations on N9531Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.