- Date
- July 1, 1988, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1954HPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880701024909A
- Case key
- 36175
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight resulted in a delayed aborted take-off. After an inadvertent retraction of the landing gear the aircraft skidded off the end of the runway into rough terrain.
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 on-demand air taxi flight was departing for utica and watertown, new york. During takeoff, the pilot stated that he felt that he did not have enough airspeed for flight and did not think the aircraft was going to become airborne. The takeoff was aborted and during this procedure the landing gear was retracted. The aircraft slid about 300 feet off the end of the runway and came to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1954H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7780208
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G59, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Rex Miller Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Carriage House Cadillac Olds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Utica, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 9G3 · Akron, runway 6, 3,310 × 48 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUF, 12 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.