- Date
- March 29, 1993, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lyons, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7058PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930329007359A
- Case key
- 15692
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Probable cause
The pilot's use of an unsuitable runway.
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 takeoff from a soft, sod strip. Pilot achieved liftoff nearing the end of the runway, but the airplane settled to ground. This occurred twice more before the airplane stopped in a field beyond the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7058P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2208
- Airframe hours
- 2,947
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip C. Smith
- Registered owner
- Philip C. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1992 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- WI92
- Destination
- GYY · Gary, IN
- Airport
- WI92 · Wag-Aero Airport, runway 36, 2,150 × 125 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 793 total · 550 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 34 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 N7058P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.