FTW85LA175

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28-181 · Carney, OK · April 6, 1985

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
April 6, 1985, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
Place
Carney, OK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N8052TPiper PA-28-181
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19850406057119A
Case key
21717

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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.

Loss of control - on ground/waterTakeoff - roll/run
Performance data - not usedPilot in commandCause
Lack of recent experience in type operationPilot in commandFactor
Judgment - poorPilot in commandFactor
Aborted takeoff - attemptedPilot in commandFactor
Directional control - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterTakeoff - roll/run

Analysis

Plt attempted to abort takeoff from grass strip mowed in pasture. Plt lost control and acft received substantial damage when it ran off rwy and collided with dirt bank rwy estimated to be between 1,000 ft to 1200 ft long.

Aircraft

Registration
N8052T
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Category
Airplane
Serial number
28-8216091
Airframe hours
1,697
Engine
Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Robert Treece
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Destination
PWA · Oklahoma City, OK

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
27
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
837 total · 649 in this make and model · 649 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
60° at 4 knots
Visibility
20 statute miles
Temperature
66 °F, dew point 34 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.