# NTSB FTW87LA010: Piper PA-28-161, N8289N, Lake Dallas, TX, October 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1986, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Lake Dallas, TX
- Coordinates: 33.120895, -97.020919 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1209&lon=-97.0209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22293
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22293/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA010

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft weight and balance - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - touch-and-go - initiated
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - object - guy wire (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8289N-1989-03-27), registration cancelled 1989-03-27, S/N 288116074 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8116074
- Airframe hours: 2027
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861029070579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861029070579A), Oct 29, 1986: Piper PA28161, Lake Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off the end of the runway during takeoff abort and struck guywire. Gross weight exceeded maximum.

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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