Piper PA-22-150 N3900P

Summary

On 6 May 1998 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3900P was involved in an accident near Woodstock, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 May 1998 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodstock, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Air Acres (5GA4)

Coordinates

34.0990, -84.5098

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N3900P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marietta → Cartesville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA98LA150

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to establish a positive climb to outclimb obstacle (tree) and his decision to execute a takeoff with a tailwind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot-in-command (PIC), after a local flight of about 1 hour, the two pilots decided to 'check-out' a grass strip that they had flown over. The grass runway was oriented north/south and they landed on runway 18. On approach, they noted that the runway was 'uphill.' After landing, they noted that the wind shocks indicated that the ground winds were 'calm.' They elected to depart on runway 36, and the PIC initiated a 'short' field takeoff. They crossed a road at the north end of the field, and the PIC stated, '...but [the airplane] did not clear the trees.' He said, '...we clipped the top of the first tree and the prop went through the second...we caught a larger tree on the inboard right wing.' The reported winds about 10 miles north of the crash site were from 150 degrees at 9 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.