- Date
- August 25, 1984, 07:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Shoshone, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7249DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825043549A
- Case key
- 40000
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high vegetationFactor
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The plt attempted takeoff from a wet alfalfa field. High vegetation and soft terrain prevented proper acceleration to lift off speed. The nosewheel struck an embankment and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7249D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5075
- Engine
- Lycoming O-520-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clayton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2U6 · Shoshone, ID
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
N7249DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,400 total · 18 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF, 27 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.