- Date
- March 1, 1991, 19:45 local (Mar 2, 1991, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Genesee, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8026WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910301004139A
- Case key
- 15019
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Probable cause
Positive liftoff airspeed was not attained, an aborted takeoff was not performed which resulted in a stall/mush descent to the terrain. Factors related to the accident were a dark raining night, soft, wet grass runway and a downwind surface wind.
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 was attempting to takeoff downwind from a soft, wet, 2200-FT strip on a dark night with rain falling. He was unable to attain positive liftoff/climb airspeed and the airplane mushed back to the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8026W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2092
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hangar One Aero Club, Inc.
- Destination
- C19 · Holland, MI
- Airport
- 68G · Duford, runway 36, 2,090 × 70 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 49 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °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.