- Date
- May 14, 1989, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ojibwa, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N82702Piper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890514011699A
- Case key
- 14353
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot and his delay in aborting the takeoff. Contributing factors were: the wet/upward sloping condition of the airstrip, unfavorable wind, high obstructions (tall trees/obstacles at the end of the runway), and high vegetation (brush & small trees).
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82702
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8118003
- Airframe hours
- 2,502
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Univ. Of Minnesota Flight Fac.
- Registered owner
- Holmquist, Arnold L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1989 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- ANE · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- Rainbow, runway 25, 3,300 × 50 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,520 total · 51 in this make and model · 1,452 as pilot in command · 248 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.