- Date
- August 7, 1994, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pennington, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5758FPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940807020469A
- Case key
- 38817
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged distance and speed during an aborted takeoff which resulted in an overrun. A contributing factor was the wet grass.
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
On August 7, 1994 at 1315 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-150 airplane, N5758F, sustained substantial damage when it overran runway 30 during an aborted takeoff at the Twin Pines Airport, Pennington, New Jersey. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the Part 91 personal flight. The private pilot and three passengers were not injured. The pilot reported that the 2,200 foot long grass runway was wet and recently mowed.
No additional information is available.
Factual narrative
On August 7, 1994 at 1315 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-150 airplane, N5758F, sustained substantial damage when it overran runway 30 during an aborted takeoff at the Twin Pines Airport, Pennington, New Jersey. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the Part 91 personal flight. The private pilot and three passengers were not injured. The pilot reported that the 2,200 foot long grass runway was wet and recently mowed.
No additional information is available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5758F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle-Aire Services, Inc.
- Departed
- N75
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.