- Date
- March 1, 2003, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chandler, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62712Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20030301002909A
- Case key
- 56573
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Probable cause
the CFI's inadequate supervision and delayed decision to abort the takeoff resulted in the runway overrun.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane collided with obstacles during an aborted takeoff from a private dirt strip that was 2,500 feet long. During the instructional flight, the instructor and student were practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the third touch-and-go, the instructor felt that they did not have enough power to clear trees at the end of the runway. He aborted the takeoff and the airplane went off the end of the runway and into heavy brush and small trees. The Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the engine and airframe, and noted no mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
On March 1, 2003, about 1100 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-18-150, N62712, collided with obstacles during an aborted takeoff from a private dirt strip near Chandler, Arizona. Chandler Air Service operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The instructional flight departed Chandler about 1030.
In a written statement, the CFI stated that while executing a touch-and-go, the airplane didn't feel like it was getting full power, and he elected to abort the takeoff. The airplane overran the runway that was 2,500 feet long, and went into desert terrain, colliding with bushes and small trees.
Examination of the airplane by Federal Aviation Administration inspectors revealed no discrepancies with the airframe or the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62712
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809105
- Airframe hours
- 1,858
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chandler Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 21, 2003 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- KCHD · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- PVT · Gila Farms, runway 17, 2,500 × 100 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- November 1, 2002
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 220 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- CHD, 20 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.
Other investigations on N62712 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.