- Date
- June 30, 1982, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2124UPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820630025939A
- Case key
- 72965
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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 takeoff, the aircraft struck a pile of lumber that was 62 ft from the departure end of the runway. Two witnesses believed that the pilot did not use all off the runway for takeoff. One witness estimated that the pilot began the takeoff about 150 ft from the approach end. The pilot stated during takeoff, he used 10 degrees of flaps; the flight manual recommended using 25 degrees for a short field takeoff. He stated that after lift-off, he felt a gust of air rock the aircraft and it dropped. When he recovered, the plane was headed toward a building to the right of the runway centerline. He turned right to avoid the building and said that he hit something. The main wreckage came to rest about 165 ft and 159 degrees from the initial impact point with the lumber. The temperature and airport elevation were 70 degrees fahrenheit and 773 ft. an investigation revealed no preimpact malfunction or failure of the aircraft or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2124U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918070
- Airframe hours
- 1,546
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Aurora Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Aurora Inc.
- Departed
- 12 · Washington, IL
- Destination
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport
- 12 · Hesselein (Pvt), runway 12, 1,500 × 80 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 50 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.