- Date
- February 17, 1983, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Winslow, AR
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9981WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830217004379A
- Case key
- 20813
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During dual instructional flt, the student plt was practicing a short field takeoff. After lifting off into ground effect, he elected to abort the takeoff when he did not think the acft was accelerating fast enough. The instructor pilot (CFI) stated that he failed to correct the students errors. Subsequently, the acft went off the end of the 1300 ft rwy & collided with stumps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9981W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23529
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene Beasley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 30, 1983
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,300 × ft, dirt
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 400 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N9981W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.