- Date
- September 9, 2005, 18:00 local (Sep 10, 2005, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dunsmuir, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N391TMPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviaiton Administration
- FAA report
- 20050909021179A
- Case key
- 62453
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Probable cause
the pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff.
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
The airplane overran the runway during an aborted takeoff, and went into a ditch. During the takeoff ground roll on the 2,700-foot-long runway, the pilot decided that he lacked adequate airspeed for the takeoff, and decided to abort. He lacked sufficient distance to stop on the runway. The airplane went off the end of the runway and into a ditch. The pilot said that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the aircraft.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N391TM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7803200
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB15, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- One Tango Mike LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 106 · Dunsmuir, CA
- Destination
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Airport
- 106 · Dunsmuir Muni-Mott, runway 32, 2,700 × 60 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
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 73 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.72 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.