- Date
- October 28, 1990, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crivitz, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N264WPiper PA-28-180D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901028047189A
- Case key
- 14950
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, and his failure to abort the takeoff (while there was sufficient runway remaining).
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 attempted to takeoff from an uphill sod airstrip that was 1584' in length. He reported that the airplane accelerated to 60-65 mph, but failed to gain sufficient airspeed to clear the trees at the end of the airstrip. The airplane struck trees in a ravine near the end of the airstrip. An investigation at the site revealed that the airplane did not appear to become airborne until it went off the end of the airstrip. No mechanical difficulty with the airplane was reported. The wind was reported to be calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N264W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5168
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- De Groot, Lawrence C.
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 9, 1,584 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,050 total · 600 in this make and model · 930 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.