- Date
- June 14, 1991, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Breckentidge, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3866EPiper PA-36-375
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910614022379A
- Case key
- 14853
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to take adequate remedial action during the attempted climb out. A related factor is the premature lift off.
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 pilot stated he was taking off with a load of water to flush out his aerial application equipment. The airplane rotated, but the pilot reported he was unable to climb out of ground effect. The stall warning horn sounded and the airplane settled back to the ground, touching down abruptly in a nose high attitude. The pilot stated there was no mechanical malfunction or loss of power involved. He stated, 'I should have kept the airplane on the ground longer during the take off roll.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3866E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-375
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7802043
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-720, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Yaggie Aerial Spraying
- Registered owner
- Yaggie Aerial Spraying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,600 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °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.