- Date
- August 28, 1982, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Twenty-Nine Pal, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5624UPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820828042349A
- Case key
- 72887
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While preparing to takeoff, the pilot taxied to a position near the midpoint of runway 8/26 where it intersected with a 750 ft taxiway. At that point, the taxiway angled toward the south-southwest to the north end of runway 17/35. The pilot mistook the taxiway for the north-south runway. After making a 360 deg turn to clear the area, he initiated a takeoff on the taxiway. By the time the plane came to the end of the taxiway, it was too slow to lift off and the pilot was afraid it was too fast to turn on to the runway. The aircraft continued off the paved surface and ran into a barbed wire fence. The temperature and elevation were 93 deg and 1808 ft, respectively.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5624U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26420
- Airframe hours
- 4,662
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orlando G. Salvato
- Registered owner
- Orlando G. Salvato
- Departed
- TNP · Twenty-Nine Pal, CA
- Destination
- APV · Apple Valley, CA
- Airport
- TNP · Twenty-Nine Palms
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 601 total · 470 in this make and model · 472 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 199 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.