- Date
- August 6, 1982, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Poestenkill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2361KPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72272
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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.
Overrun
Touch-and-go - performedFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Distance - misjudgedFactor
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Analysis
During a touch & go the plt retracted the flaps & applied full power, but the acft seemed sluggish in gaining speed. The plt applied brakes & cut the throttle, but the acft ran off the end of the rwy coming to rest at the edge of a swamp.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2361K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0591
- Airframe hours
- 741
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rensselaer Aviation
- Registered owner
- Rensselaer Aviation
- Departed
- 5B7 · Poestenkill, NY
- Destination
- 5B7 · Poestenkill, NY
- Airport
- 5B7 · Rensselaer, runway 36, 2,800 × 60 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N2361K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.