# NTSB FTW83LA355: Piper PA-28-161, N5999V, Cashion, OK, July 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 31, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Cashion, OK
- Coordinates: 35.799362, -97.669166 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7994&lon=-97.6692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA355
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20994/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA355

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff
  - information - inaccurate, other person (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - object - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS TOLD THAT THE SOD STRIP WAS 1800 FT LONG. HIS CALCULATED TAKEOFF DISTANCE TO CLEAR A 50 FT OBSTACLE WAS 1720 FT. HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL LENGTH OF THE SOD STRIP WS 1300 FT. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PLT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE 30 FT TALL POWER LINES AT THE END OF THE STRIP, SO HE ABORTED. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY & THE ACFT SLID THRU A FENCE & INTO A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5999V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5999V-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 28-7716223, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7716223
- Airframe hours: 4508
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero-Flite Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 8, 1983, 48 hours before
- Destination: OUN, NORMAN, OK
- Airport: Cashion

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 685 total, 20 in this make and model, 565 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830731037369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731037369A), Jul 31, 1983: Piper PA28161, Cashion, OK, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff and ground looped airplane intentionally because runway was too short for safe takeoff.

## Other investigations on N5999V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA111), May 29, 2001: Piper PA-28-161 (N5999V), Meeker, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance as a result of his drug induced impairment. A factor was his exceeding the airplane's gross weight limits.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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