- Date
- August 10, 1987, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Delft, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4935FPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870810075749A
- Case key
- 13816
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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
The acft was loaded close to its gross wt limit & the plt atmtd to takeoff on a 2160 ft strip, using short field takeoff techniques. The acft became airborne for a short time, however, it began to settle. The plt elected to abort the takeoff, but was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. After departing the rwy, the acft was damaged when it went thru a fence & into a bean field. The plt rprted the temp was 88 deg & the wind was from 130 deg at zero to 5 KTS. About 35 mi north at redwood falls, MN, the 1350 CDT wind was from 130 deg at 14 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4935F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7715083
- Airframe hours
- 2,998
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aerodrome, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1987 · 13 hours before
- Destination
- MKT · Mankato, MN
- Airport
- 44MN · Bartsch, runway 36, 2,160 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 9 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF, 35 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.