- Date
- September 10, 1988, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Griswold, CT
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1840TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880910038009A
- Case key
- 36227
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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 takeoff was made with the temp at about 90 deg f. the acft was about 60 lbs over the authorized max gross wt. Witnesses said the nose of the acft was high as it passed over trees just beyond the end of the rwy. The acft then descended with the wings rocking until impact in a pond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1840T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7105115
- Airframe hours
- 8,219
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne Keenen
- Registered owner
- Wayne A Keenan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- 5B4
- Destination
- BID · Block Island, RI
- Airport
- 5B4 · Lakeside, runway 29, 2,640 × 50 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 195 total · 81 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 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.