- Date
- July 28, 1984, 19:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Nahunta, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2426PPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840728035719A
- Case key
- 31164
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Analysis
After the student made a full stop landing on a 3000 ft rwy, he started to turn around & back taxi to the apch end to takeoff; however, the instructor (CFI) told him to make a short field takeoff from where he had stopped. A takeoff was initiated with about 1400 ft remaining. At about 100 from the end of the rwy, rotation was initiated. As the acft was rotated, the stall warning horn sounded. Shortly thereafter, brush was heard scraping on the bottom of the acft. The CFI took control & tried to recover from the stall, but the acft again impacted the brush & subseqently came to rest about 300 yards past the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2426P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0993
- Airframe hours
- 1,535
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Shields Aviation
- Registered owner
- Williaim E. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 24, 1984 · 5 hours before
- Destination
- 09J · Jekyll Island, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4J1 · Brantley, runway 18, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 567 total · 47 in this make and model · 506 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSI, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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