- Date
- July 15, 1984, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- North Liberty, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6762WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840715034879A
- Case key
- 12697
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had changed departure runway due to shifting winds of 10-15 KTS, electing rwy 18 when wind seemed favorable. On initial climb, aircraft performance was insufficient to clear trees at end of runway. Acft came to rest in trees. Acft manual specifies 2500 ft distance to clear 50 ft obstacle, no-wind, standard day conditions. Plt stated the wind shifted to a tailwind during the takeoff roll. Reported temp 81 degs, arpt elevation 700 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6762W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20888
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Etter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1984
- Destination
- I21 · Indianapolis, IN
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 377 total · 56 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 15 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.
Other investigations on N6762W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.