- Date
- July 12, 1983, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Farragut, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2446LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830712034279A
- Case key
- 33442
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled into an OAT field just past the departure end of the rwy during takeoff. The pilot stated that he took off on a hot day (temperature 86 degrees) from a 1500 ft grass strip. The acft would not fly out of ground effect and fell into an OAT field at the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2446L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0705
- Airframe hours
- 781
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-LC2, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond D. Welchans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1983 · 65 hours before
- Destination
- SDA · Shenandoah, IA
- Airport
- Fiarm Strip, runway 30, 1,500 × 50 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,659 total · 237 in this make and model · 2,623 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.