- Date
- September 21, 1985, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bayport, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7505PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850921048719A
- Case key
- 35968
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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
According to the CFI, the student raised the nose of the acft too early during takeoff. This resulted in the acft becoming airborne prematurely. The student was unable to climb out of ground effect and the decision to abort the takeoff was made. The acft collided with trees during the aborted takeoff. The student plt had no previous experience on grass runways.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7505P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2706
- Airframe hours
- 3,496
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Ruotolo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 26, 1985 · 70 hours before
- Destination
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Airport
- 23N · Bayport, runway 18, 2,740 × 120 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
- 72
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,500 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP, 4 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.