- Date
- July 2, 1991, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rhinebeck, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5002FPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910702025709A
- Case key
- 36953
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Probable cause
The pilot did not calculated the airplane's performance data to insure that he had enough runway to clear an obstacle at the end of the field, which resulted in the airplane's landing gear striking high hedges, subsequently the pilot elected to land in a field and impacted with a fence. A factor relating to the accident was the pilot's over confidence in the airplane's performance.
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 take off from a farm field the airplane's landing gear struck the top of a high hedge about 1800 feet from the initial take off point. The pilot cut the power and elected to land in an adjoining field. The airplane slid on wet grass, hit a fence with the left wing, hit another fence with the right wing and turned 180 degrees before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5002F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7780001
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIG5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Catskill Transportation
- Registered owner
- Catskill Transportation
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- 20N · Kingston, NY
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Observed at
- POU, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.