- Date
- March 31, 1984, 17:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place
- Osage City, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6293PPiper PA24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840331007869A
- Case key
- 33660
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an aborted takeoff, executed due to an inoperative airspeed indicator, the acft swerved off the left side of the rwy across a ditch, damaging the left wing & main landing gear. A clogged pilot tube was the cause of the airspeed indication of zero mph. Steering & brake action were determined to be normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6293P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1403
- Airframe hours
- 2,546
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540 A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tevis Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bob L. Moore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1983
- Departed
- 53K · Osage City, KS
- Airport
- 53K · Osage City Muni, runway 17, 2,560 × 40 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 629 total · 45 in this make and model · 488 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 26 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.