- Date
- February 22, 1990, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Orange, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N47644Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900222004949A
- Case key
- 36616
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment while aborting the takeoff. The crosswind, turbulence, and snowbank were related factors.
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 said that as the aircraft was taking off from runway 32, it encountered apparent windshear & turbulence. Instead of continuing the flight, the pilot decided to abort the takeoff and land straight ahead. However, a wing tip & the landing gear contacted a snowbank as the aircraft crossed over the edge of the runway. The aircraft then skidded on crusted snow and came to rest 50 feet off the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47644
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7890169
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman Page
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- ORE · Orange, runway 32, 5,000 × 150 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 176 in this make and model · 184 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °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.