- Date
- June 11, 1990, 20:15 local (Jun 12, 1990, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marcellus, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1323TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900611022579A
- Case key
- 36661
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain airspeed after takeoff. A contributing factor was the the upslope gradient of the runway.
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 airplane took off from a grass strip with an uphill slope. After getting airborne, the airplane settled into trees off the departure end of the runway. The airplane had just been fueled to 36 gallons, and the two pilots weighed aprx 180 lbs each.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1323T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225462
- Airframe hours
- 3,215
- Engine
- Textron Lyc. O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert P. Scianna
- Registered owner
- John Whitford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- NK71 · Marcellus, runway 33, 2,200 × 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 500 in this make and model · 2,650 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1323T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.