- Date
- May 27, 1991, 06:15 local (11:15 UTC)
- Place
- Neenah, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N855SDPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910527017509A
- Case key
- 14838
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to attain sufficient airspeed to achieve flight, and his failure to abort the takeoff.
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 aircraft was loaded with a liquid pesticide in preparation for an aerial application flight. On takeoff the aircraft failed to clear a dirt embankment 200' beyond the departure end of the 2,090' runway. The load was lost when it leaked out of the hopper after impact. Exact loading weight and balance could not be determined. No mechanical defects were found during post accident examination of the aircraft and engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N855SD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4543
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag-Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ag-Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 79C · Brennand, runway 18, 2,090 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,850 total · 1,200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATW, 5 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.