- Date
- August 24, 1990, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N289PCPiper PA-32RT-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900824036319A
- Case key
- 32694
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to attain adequate airspeed prior to liftoff during an attempted takeoff. The pilot then lost control of the airplane in flight. The pilot also delayed in his decision to abort the takeoff.
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 pilot attempted a takeoff and noted at liftoff that the airplane was yawing to the left and his attempts to use right rudder imputs were ineffective. He let the airplane drift 400 feet to the left of the runway with the gear still down and then reduced power and crashed. No failures or mis-rigging of the flight controls were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N289PC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300 (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7985093
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry W. Biggs
- Registered owner
- Metro Shoals Amb Serv. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HBG · Hattiesburg, MS
- Destination
- MSL · Muscle Shoals, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HBG · Bobby L. Chain, runway 13, 6,219 × 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,044 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,026 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 37 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.