- Date
- June 14, 1992, 12:28 local (17:28 UTC)
- Place
- Rector, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15424Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614020129A
- Case key
- 18516
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff.
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.
Analysis
A pilot was attempting a takeoff from an airstrip using the soft field takeoff procedure. After liftoff he stayed in ground effect and maintained a nose high attitude and never attained climb airspeed. The airplane impacted a levee at the departure end of the strip, shearing the landing gear assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15424
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325065
- Airframe hours
- 5,349
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cherokee Six Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Gary Rawls
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1991 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- PGR · Paragould, AR
- Airport
- Beggs Airstrip, runway 18, 2,800 × 80 ft, dirt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 24 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 31 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.