- Date
- July 14, 1989, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hammond, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5913WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890714024509A
- Case key
- 36438
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to abort the takeoff with insufficient runway remaining. Contributing to the the accident was a wet grass runway and the faulty tachometer which influenced the pilot's decision.
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
During takeoff, the airplane accelerated normally unitl it was rotated. The pilot said he noticed a power loss and a drop in RPM to 2100. The airplane was about 5 feet off the ground with about 900 feet of runway remaining. The pilot aborted the takeoff and landed back on the wet runway. Subsequently, the airplane ran off the end striking some tree stumps. A post accident examination revealed the engine tachometer indicated 100 RPM low.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5913W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3072
- Airframe hours
- 3,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry J. Termin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1988 · 66 hours before
- Destination
- ART · Watertown, NY
- Airport
- Black Lake, runway 23, 1,850 × 50 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,406 total · 3,306 in this make and model · 8,200 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °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.