- Date
- November 14, 1984, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Strongville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4739WRockwell 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841114063559A
- Case key
- 12955
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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
Plt was aware runway had a pronounced dip just prior to rotation area of his acft. Passing the dip on takeoff roll, he felt a 'shimmy' which he attributed to nose gear reaction to the dip. Plt considered aborting takeoff, but felt insufficient runway remained. On initial climb, acft began severe vibration, climb above 100 ft AGL not possible plt maneuvered to avoid tall trees in wooded area ahead but could not maintain safe altitude and airspeed; allowed the acft to stall/mush into trees. Plt stated initial checkout in make/model included instructions to 'hold nose on ground until reaching 90 KTS.' FAA inspector stated this speed is excessive and will cause the acft to 'wheelbarrow.' Investigation revealed nosedown trim setting, prop marks on rwy and all prop blades bent rearward 4 inches from tips.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4739W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14069
- Airframe hours
- 761
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-T4A5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frnk J. Piskur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1984
- Departed
- 1G6 · Strongville, OH
- Destination
- 226 · Lorain, OH
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 426 total · 30 in this make and model · 342 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 5 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.