- Date
- July 7, 2012, 14:38 local (18:38 UTC)
- Place
- Bayport, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3993PJones Peter M Boeing/Jones 75
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA Famingdale FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120707018559A
- Case key
- 84224
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Probable cause
The airplane’s encounter with a wind shift to a tailwind during takeoff, which resulted in the pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff and the airplane’s subsequent runway overrun.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he had conducted six previous uneventful flights on the day of the accident utilizing both runways 18 and 36 for takeoff due to variable winds. He elected to depart from runway 18 on the accident flight, because the windsock indicated a primarily southwesterly wind. The pilot stated that the takeoff roll was normal; however, shortly after liftoff, the airplane encountered a tailwind, which resulted in a degradation of performance. The airplane began to sink and lose airspeed, and the pilot aborted the takeoff. The airplane touched back down onto the runway, and the pilot applied the brakes in an effort to stop the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. The pilot, pilot-rated passenger, and several witnesses reported a wind shift around the time of the accident. Weather reports from a nearby airport revealed that, during the period from about 1 hour 40 minutes before to about 20 minutes after the accident, there was a 40 degree shift in wind direction and an increase in wind speed from 9 knots to 18 knots, gusting to 24 knots. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported he conducted 6 previous uneventful flights utilizing both runway 18 and 36 for takeoff due variable winds. He elected to depart from runway 18 on the accident flight because the windsock indicated a primarily southwesterly wind. The pilot stated that the takeoff roll was normal; however, shortly after liftoff the airplane encountered a tailwind which resulted in a degradation of performance. The airplane began to sink and lose airspeed, and the pilot elected to abort the takeoff. The airplane touched back down onto the runway, and subsequently nosed-over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. The pilot, pilot-rated passenger and several witnesses reported a wind shift around the time of the accident. A weather report from a nearby airport revealed a 20 degree shift in wind direction and a 7 knot increase in winds with a 24 knot gust from the northwest during the hour that the accident took place. Postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that there were no mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3993P
- Reported as
- Jones Peter M Boeing/Jones 75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AR-33
- Airframe hours
- 855
- Engine
- Cont Motor W670 SERIES, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 2012
- Departed
- 23N · Bayport, NY
- Destination
- 23N · Bayport, NY
- Airport
- 23N · Bayport Aerodrome, runway 18, 2,740 × 835 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
- 40
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 22, 2011
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 14,900 total · 225 in this make and model · 10,100 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.76 inHg
- Observed at
- KISP, 3 nm away
Docket · 7
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 6, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
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 N3993P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.