- Date
- April 19, 1982, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N56826Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820419010249A
- Case key
- 71335
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff, three/fourths of the way down the runway, the pilot decided to abort because of a slow buildup of airspeed on the wet grass. The aircraft overran the runway colliding with a fence and a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56826
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287425047
- Airframe hours
- 2,331
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E34, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce J. Lillie
- Registered owner
- Gene F. Megyesi
- Departed
- Lake Wales, FL
- Destination
- Orlando, FL
- Airport
- Tiger Lake, runway 36, 3,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 8 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 30 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.