- Date
- February 7, 1983, 14:08 local (22:08 UTC)
- Place
- So. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4069RPiper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830207005199A
- Case key
- 23611
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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 takeoff was initiated downwind on runway 36, which was 8544 ft long and was wet. The field elevation was 6264 ft. the aircraft was observed by tower personnel to rotate about 3000 ft down the runway, then climb to about 50 ft AGL. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff when the aircraft was not climbing well. The touchdown was made with approximately 2000 ft of runway remaining, but the pilot was unable to stop in the remaining distance. Subsequently, the aircraft went off the end of the runway and struck a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4069R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40378
- Airframe hours
- 3,249
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540K, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald S. Goldberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1982 · 55 hours before
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TVL · South Lake Tahoe, runway 36, 8,544 × 150 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,358 total · 1,210 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 32.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.