- Date
- July 16, 1983, 23:50 local (Jul 17, 1983, 03:50 UTC)
- Place
- Brandon, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6596JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830716036119A
- Case key
- 30912
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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 plt stated that he aborted the takeoff after lift-off from rwy 09. During the sequence, the main gear contacted a barbed wire fence, then the acft was landed in a field & subsequently nosed over in a pond. The plt reported that he was using soft field procedures for takeoff, but believed he had not corrected for the p-factor sufficiently after takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6596J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5008
- Airframe hours
- 4,130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-36-A40, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Rhinehart
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 4, 1982 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- X18 · Brandon, FL
- Destination
- WPB · W. Palm Beach
- Airport
- X18 · Brandon Airport, runway 9, 2,300 × 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 84 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 12 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.