- Date
- July 21, 1984, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bingham, ME
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5732PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721033969A
- Case key
- 35416
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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
The acft used, according to various accounts, between 1/2 and 2/3 of the 2300 ft runway on take-off roll. Normal handbook take-off run is 750 ft. passengers stated acft skipped off and touched back down twice before finally becoming airborne. Acft rolled right then left and collided with trees. Flaps were found full down, flap handle up.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5732P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA24-806
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Sherburne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1983 · 48 hours before
- Airport
- BGM · Gadabout Gaddis, runway 16, 2,300 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 545 total · 65 in this make and model · 480 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.