# NTSB CHI83LA280: Piper PA-32R, N8310L, Minneapolis, MN, June 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 24, 1983, 13:37 local (18:37 UTC)
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA280
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12232/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA280

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - aircraft weight and balance - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8310L-2017-06-07), registration cancelled 2017-06-07, S/N 32R-8113024, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (registry code 7103218) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8113024
- Airframe hours: 689
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830624026909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830624026909A), Jun 24, 1983: Piper PA32R301, Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Slow acceleration on takeoff. Aborted too late and ran off end of runway. Over gross weight and warm day.

## Other investigations on N8310L (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN11CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA197), Feb 20, 2011: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8310L), Holdenville, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to land with a tailwind and his delay in executing a go around.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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