- Date
- September 27, 1987, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4332NPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30724
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
The pilot was on takeoff roll when he decided to abort. He stated that he felt the engine was not developing adequate power and the airspeed was not up to required takeoff speed. The aircraft continued off the end of the runway and inverted in swampy soil.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4332N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8416033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 6B6 · Stow, MA
- Destination
- Barre, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minute Man, runway 21, 2,770 × 50 ft, asphalt
N4332NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 15 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F