- Date
- July 14, 1989, 06:57 local (12:57 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6144HPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890714022489A
- Case key
- 17746
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the parking brake and his delay in aborting the takeoff. Factors related to the accident were: the fence & vehicle.
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 plt rprtd that during the takeoff roll, the acft accelerated to about 65 KTS. However, as he rotated the plane for takeoff, it began to slow & veer to the left. The plt reduced power to abort & regained directional control, but the brakes were ineffective in stopping. Subsequently, the acft contd off the end of the rwy, then hit a fence & a parked vehicle. The plt believed that when he released the parking brake, it did not fully disengage, then heat built up as the brakes were dragging. An exam of the brakes confirmed that heat damage had occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6144H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7870054
- Airframe hours
- 4,785
- Engine
- Continental L/TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alpine Aviation, doing business as Alpine Air
- Registered owner
- Lunberg A. James
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 13, 1989 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- SLC
- Destination
- SGU · St George, UT
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City Intl, runway 14, 5,295 × 150 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,770 total · 15 in this make and model · 2,680 as pilot in command · 320 in the last 90 days · 97 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.