- Date
- June 12, 1983, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Strongville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24802Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830612026099A
- Case key
- 12208
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees at the departure end of the runway during an aborted takeoff. The instructor pilot who was doing a demonstration flt stated that 'the acft rotated to a normal climb attitude but did not climb out of ground effect. After electing to abort the takeoff insufficient runway remained to stop the acft before reaching the end of therunway.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24802
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3880A0007
- Airframe hours
- 837
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Horton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Airport
- IGS · Strongville, runway 27, 2,865 × 36 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 23 in this make and model · 381 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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.