- Date
- April 23, 1989, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dushore, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2127JPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890423052479A
- Case key
- 36401
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Probable cause
Collision with trees during a rejected takeoff from a private turf strip due to the pilots failure to take advantage of the existing wind.
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
After aborting three previous takeoffs, the pilot attempted a fourth and although the airplane lifted off before mid field, it settled back to the ground. The pilot aborted this takeoff also, but was unable to stop before crashing into several trees at the end of the runway. The 186 hour pilot said that he had some reservations about flying to that airstrip because he had insufficient information about it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2127J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916204
- Airframe hours
- 4,124
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gull Aviation
- Registered owner
- Compis, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 24, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- Doylestown, PA
- Destination
- N88 · Doylestown, PA
- Airport
- Private, runway 7, 1,900 × 60 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 186 total · 86 in this make and model · 119 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.