- Date
- June 14, 1992, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Rockford, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N56311Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614020099A
- Case key
- 15466
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The flight instructor's premature liftoff. Related factors are the instructor's lack of total experience in the accident make and model airplane, and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the roll-out.
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 the airplane '...did not achieve flying speed...' Before lift-off. There was no claim or evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunction. The pilot stated he had 270 hours total flight experience, including 2.4 hours in the accident make and model airplane. The pilot was taking off from a grass runway (2,540' x 260'), with two passengers, and 32 gallons of fuel on board the aircraft. The pilot estimated the temperature to be 88 degrees fahrenheit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56311
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325606
- Airframe hours
- 3,013
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Tito Nappi, doing business as Diamond Aviation Group
- Registered owner
- Tito Nappi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Destination
- IL
- Airport
- IC8 · Cottonwood, runway 36, 2,540 × 260 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 2 in this make and model · 241 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N56311 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.