- Date
- March 29, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N36440Piper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880329052269A
- Case key
- 36123
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain flying speed and the airplane settled back onto the runway and ran off the end.
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 pilot attempting to takeoff from a private sod field alleged that after lift off the airplane settled back onto the runway and ran off the end. It cleared a culvert at the end of the runway then came to a stop. The pilot thought that gusty winds and windshear could have caused accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36440
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7840162
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Harrington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1988 · 2,104 hours before
- Departed
- Tidioute, PA
- Destination
- Erie, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 66 in this make and model · 63 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.