Piper PA-32R-300 N37MA

Summary

On 27 April 1984 at about 16:50 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N37MA was involved in an accident near Suffolk, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1984 at 16:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Suffolk, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Suffolk (SFQ)

Coordinates

36.7002, -76.6303

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N37MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Suffolk → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84FA150

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB THE ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES LOCATED 584 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY. THIS WAS AN INITIAL TEST FLT OF THE ACFT AFTER HAVING THE ENGINE OVERHAULED. THE PLT STATED AT AN ALT OF APRX 50 FT AGL THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE 50 FT ALT WAS REACHED NEAR THE RWY 7/25 INTERSECTION. THIS LEFT APRX 1400 FT OF RWY PLUS A 550 FT OVERRUN AREA REMAINING. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST IT WAS NOTICED THE POWER HAD REDUCED EVEN FURTHER. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED AND THE POWER LINES WERE CONTACTED. TWO WITNESSES STATED THEY HEARD NO POWER INTERRUPTION. ONE OF THESE WITNESSES STATED THE ACFT BOUNCED ON THE RWY DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND THE CLIMB WAS INITIATED LATE. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGNE AND PROPELLER REVEALED NO VISIBLE ABMORNALITIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.