- Date
- June 24, 1983, 13:37 local (18:37 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8310LPiper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830624026909A
- Case key
- 12232
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the end of the rwy and collapsed the nose gear during an aborted takeoff. The acft exceeded the maximum gross weight for takeoff by 190 lbs. Decision to abort was made about 2/3 of the way down the rwy. Braking was good and deceleration adequate until the acft ran off into wet grass which reduced braking. The nose gear dug into soft terrain and folded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8310L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8113024
- Airframe hours
- 689
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thunderbird Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1982 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- MIC · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- MIC · Crystal, runway 13R, 3,266 × 100 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,852 total · 203 in this make and model · 2,554 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °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.
Other investigations on N8310L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.