- Date
- November 6, 1985, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sylacauga, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N601PCPiper Aerostar 601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851106056119A
- Case key
- 7032
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Engine assembly - undeterminedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
During takeoff ground run the plt lost directional control of the acft which ran off the side of the rwy and into a grove of trees. The plt stated that the right eng lost pwr, however, the eng was test run after the accident and no discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N601PC
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 601P (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0602793269
- Airframe hours
- 1,072
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dura Wear Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 4, 1985 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- SCD · Sylacauga, AL
- Destination
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
- Airport
- SCD · Lee Merkle Fld, runway 9, 4,720 × 80 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,139 total · 518 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.