- Date
- January 22, 1987, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wilkesboro, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2489RPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870122001009A
- Case key
- 7372
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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
During a takeoff attempt, the right seat pilot did not get an airspeed indication. However, the left airspeed indicated 45 mph when the pilot aborted the takeoff. The aircraft veered off the right side of the runway 1700 feet from the initial takeoff roll. Runway 06 is 4250 feet long. The planned liftoff speed should have been 80 mph at 5000 pounds gross weight with a total takeoff distance of 1200 feet. This takeoff data is based upon a level, dry, paved surface. FAA advisory circular 91-6A states that takeoff should not be attempted with greater than 1/2 inch of wet snow on the rwy surface. The plt reported that the rwy was covered with 4 inches snow
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2489R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-8154D28
- Airframe hours
- 1,133
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540 SER, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilkes Aviation Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- Wilkesboro, NC
- Destination
- Allentown, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IKB · Wilkes County, runway 6, 4,250 × 75 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,782 total · 225 in this make and model · 5,575 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 270 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.