- Date
- March 22, 1992, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hanover, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N135ATPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920322007349A
- Case key
- 15416
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff earlier in the takeoff roll, and the inadvertent stall/mush after lift-off. A factor was the soft terrain.
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 reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane failed to accelerate properly. About half way down the runway, he closed the throttle and applied brakes to abort the takeoff. He realized he could not stop so he applied full throttle and released the brakes in an attempt to takeoff. The airplane became airborne in ground effect but settled back to the ground and struck a fence post. The 1700 foot runway was soft due to recent rainfall. The pilot and passenger had just landed to pick up an additional two passengers for the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135AT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916222
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kansas Air Center
- Registered owner
- Kansas Air Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- MHK · Manhattan, KS
- Airport
- CY5 · Coufal, runway 35, 1,700 × 50 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 22 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.