- Date
- July 3, 1990, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Island Park, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N38575Piper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900703023299A
- Case key
- 41228
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain directional control, while attempting a soft-field takeoff. The crosswind was a related factor.
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 attempted a nose-high soft-field takeoff from the 4644 feet MSL grass runway with a direct crosswind of eight to ten knots. During the takeoff roll, he lost directional control. Subsequently, the aircraft rolled through a fence at the left side of the runway & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38575
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7780444
- Airframe hours
- 1,720
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Jones
- Registered owner
- Steven A. Teerlink/Robertjones
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 16, 1990 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- U53
- Destination
- JAC · Jackson Hole, WY
- Airport
- U53 · Henry'S Lake, runway 24, 4,600 × 170 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 238 total · 48 in this make and model · 213 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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.