- Date
- June 5, 1983, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8787WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605022919A
- Case key
- 16088
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Ground roll during takeoff was normal but at liftoff the acft began a roll to the left. The pilot said he began the takeoff with less than full power but added full power as the turn began. He tried to correct with aileron to no avail. The acft was now heading for several hangars. The pilot reduced power and tried to go between the hangars. The acft cleared the top of one hangar breaking a powerline. It then flew through power and phone lines and went through a fence before stopping on its belly. This acft belonged to the pilot and had been flown less than 3 hours in the last 9 months. The pilots last biennial flt review was dated 7/30/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8787W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10334
- Airframe hours
- 2,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lynn Gerlinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1982 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- 32S · Stevensville, MT
- Airport
- 6S5 · Hamilton, runway 34, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSO, 45 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.