- Date
- August 24, 1992, 19:45 local (Aug 25, 1992, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marseilles, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5544JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920824032929A
- Case key
- 15530
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to abort the takeoff. A factor was the partial loss of engine power.
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 airplane lifted off about 1,500 feet down the 2,140 foot runway. On initial climb the engine lost partial power and returned to the runway surface. The pilot elected to continue the takeoff attempt when engine again began to run smoothly. The airplane decelerated when it contacted tall grass in the overrun and sustained substantial damage, when it exited the overrun and encountered unfavorable terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5544J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22075
- Airframe hours
- 1,955
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Habdas, J. & Schubert, J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1992 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- 68IL
- Destination
- 1C5 · Plainfield, IL
- Airport
- 68IL · Prairie Lake Hunt Club, runway 18, 2,140 × 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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 202 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 22 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.
Other investigations on N5544J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.