# NTSB CHI89LA091: Piper PA-28RT-201, N82702, Ojibwa, WI, May 14, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1989, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Ojibwa, WI
- Location: 45.7980° N, 91.1168° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ojibwa, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7980&lon=-91.1168&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14353
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14353/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA091

## 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

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vr) - not attained
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82702](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82702-1992-02-20), registration cancelled 1992-02-20, S/N 28R8118003 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28RT-201](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (registry code 7102818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-8118003
- Airframe hours: 2502
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890514011699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890514011699A), May 14, 1989: Piper PA28RT201, Ojibwa, WI, Substantial damage. Tried to take off downwind, uphill and soft runway. Unable to accelerate. Aborted and ran off side of grass runway.

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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