- Date
- June 10, 1991, 20:30 local (Jun 11, 1991, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manning, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44300Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910610020779A
- Case key
- 14942
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Probable cause
Airspeed was not attained and aborted takeoff was delayed by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: over confidence in aircraft's ability to takeoff on the short, grass runway and a dirt embankment on the departure end of the strip.
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 said that while attempting to takeoff, on the 1485 foot long grass runway, he was unable to attain flying speed. He aborted the takeoff, but was unable to stop before colliding with a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44300
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415617
- Airframe hours
- 5,242
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Arnold L. Caswell
- Registered owner
- Arnold L. Caswell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1991 · 18 hours before
- Destination
- 0K7 · Humboldt, IA
- Airport
- LYO · Manning, runway 35, 1,485 × 120 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 416 total · 253 in this make and model · 335 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- OMA, 50 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.