- Date
- August 22, 1984, 19:30 local (Aug 23, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pecan Island, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N44307Piper PA28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840822042819A
- Case key
- 21438
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
All available runway - not usedCause
Aborted takeoff - initiated
Analysis
Due to the wet condition of the sod strip the plt used only the last 1,000 ft of the strip for the takeoff. During the roll he felt that insufficient rwy remained and initiated an aborted takeoff. Unable to stop however the plt resumed the attempted takeoff. The acft collided with 20 to 25 ft tall trees at an alt of aprx 15 ft AGL separating the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44307
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA28151
- Airframe hours
- 3,640
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike Broussard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983
- Airport
- Private, runway 9, 1,000 × ft, ice
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 232 total · 176 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.