- Date
- October 29, 1986, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8289NPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861029070579A
- Case key
- 22293
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Analysis
During a local flt, the plt elected to make a touch-&-go landing on a 2800 ft rwy at Lake Dallas, TX. He said that the acft touched down on the 1st quarter of the rwy, then he lowered the nose, retracted the flaps & applied full power to takeoff. However, he reported that during the takeoff roll, there was insufficient increase in speed, so he aborted the takeoff. The plt was unable to stop on the remaining rwy & angled off the rwy to the left to avoid a dyke. However, after leaving the rwy, the rgt wing of the acft struck a guy wire & the acft veered back to the rgt & hit the dyke. According to the plt, he did not check the weight & balance before taking off with 3 pax & a full load of fuel. He believed that the accident occurred because the acft was overweight. He noted that the rwy at Lake Dallas was 2200 ft shorter than the rwy at the departure arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8289N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116074
- Airframe hours
- 2,027
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- American Air Academy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 7, 1986 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- Denton, TX
- Airport
- 30F · Lakeview, runway 17, 2,815 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 21 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.