- Date
- July 22, 1987, 11:27 local (15:27 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42921Piper PA-28RT
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870722039739A
- Case key
- 31946
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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
Shortly after rotation a wasp landed on the passenger. In his attempt to kill it he inadvertently contacted the yoke, causing the acft to descent onto the rwy. After the propeller contacted the rwy the plt aborted the takeoff, & landed. The acft continued off the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42921
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R8331022
- Airframe hours
- 1,185
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- C & F Drywall & Plastering Co
- Registered owner
- C & F Drywall And Plastering
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 7, 6,000 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,473 total · 900 in this make and model · 2,473 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.