# NTSB CHI87LA202: Piper PA-28-151, N4935F, Delft, MN, August 10, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1987, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Delft, MN
- Location: 44.0436° N, 94.4181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADELIA HELIPAD (44MN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0436&lon=-94.4181&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13816
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13816/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA202

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - aborted
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4935F), registered now, S/N 28-7715083 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-151](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (registry code 7102805) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7715083
- Airframe hours: 2998
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870810075749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870810075749A), Aug 10, 1987: Piper PA28151, Delft, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot with three passengers aborted takeoff on short sod strip when aircraft failed to climb. Ran through a fence.

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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