- Date
- August 17, 1986, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fraser, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8529DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860817083699A
- Case key
- 13510
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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
Take off was aborted after aircraft failed to achieve sufficient airspeed to allow it to climb out of ground effect. During the subsequent landing and rollout the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and was destroyed. The plt did not report any malfunctions or pwr loss. Although the official wx reported the wind as calm. One witness reported a sudden shift of wind to downwind for the acft during the takeoff roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8529D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5760
- Airframe hours
- 3,867
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-AIA, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Unknown
- Registered owner
- Stuart Rochester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- runway 27, 2,900 × ft
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 1 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.