- Date
- June 5, 1992, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bainbridge, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83453Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920605018569A
- Case key
- 8609
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged distance of runway remaining, resulting in a delayed decision to abort the takeoff, and subsequent collision with trees. Factors were the high obstructions (trees) at the departure end of the runway.
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 commercial pilot made a precautionary landing at a closed airport near his destination after observing an engine oil pressure loss. After landing, an inspection of the aircraft did not reveal any evidence of an oil loss, and a subsequent engine run on the ground showed normal oil pressure indications. The pilot concluded that the oil pressure indicating system was at fault, and elected to continue to his destination. He performed a short field takeoff due to a short runway length and departure end obstructions (trees). At takeoff speed, the aircraft would not rotate, and the pilot elected to abort the takeoff. He could not stop the aircraft in the remaining runway distance, and the aircraft collided with the trees. No evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure was found. The pilot reported that there was no loss of engine power during the takeoff roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83453
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116168
- Airframe hours
- 4,029
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bay Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bay Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1992 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- PFN · Panama City, FL
- Airport
- NONE · Commodore (Closed), runway 14, 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 9 in this make and model · 426 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 50 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.