- Date
- July 12, 1992, 17:02 local (21:02 UTC)
- Place
- Brentwood, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N31683Piper PA28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920712024969A
- Case key
- 11818
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Probable cause
A delay by the pilot in aborting the landing which resulted in failure to clear the obstacles.
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 pilot was landing at the airstrip for the first time. He has no recollection of the accident due to his injuries; however, according to a witness, the pilot overflew the airstrip at aobut 800 feet followed by a low pass. On the second attempt, the pilot touched down 300 feet beyond the threshold of the 1600 foot turf strip. The witness stated that the airplane remained on the ground with the power off until it was about 600 feet from the end of the runway when he heard full power being applied. The witness stated that the airplane became airborne again and made a left turn towards the opening in the trees; however, the right wing struck a tree approximately 20 feet up, near the top, then the landing gear severed the top three wires of the power line. The left wing struck a larger tree and rotated the airplane 180 degrees. The airplane pitched over and fell to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31683
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816575
- Airframe hours
- 4,176
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Apollo Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Apollo Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 12, 1992
- Departed
- ASH · Nashua, NH
- Airport
- LL92 · Winterwood, runway 1, 1,600 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,934 total · 1,758 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSM, 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.