- Date
- May 5, 2012, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mariposa, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2195XPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Defining event
- Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120505007969A
- Case key
- 83662
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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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During the takeoff ground roll on the 3,300-foot-long runway, the pilot observed that the airplane had not obtained adequate airspeed for liftoff. The pilot aborted the takeoff but was unable to stop the airplane before it overran the runway end and impacted a ditch. The airplane sustained damage to the landing gear and to both wings. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Factual narrative
During takeoff ground roll on the 3,300-foot-long runway the pilot observed that the airplane had not obtained adequate airspeed for liftoff. The pilot aborted the takeoff but was unable to stop the airplane before overrunning the runway end and impacting a ditch. The airplane sustained damage to the landing gear, and to both wings. The pilot said there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2195X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7931135
- Engine
- Cont Motor TSIO-360 SER, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rocky Raynor
- Registered owner
- Ultra-Flex Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 2011 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- MPI · Mariposa, CA
- Destination
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MPI · Mariposa-Yosemite Airport, runway 08, 3,306 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 20, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,003 total · 1,835 in this make and model · 1,985 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAE, 31 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 20, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.