Piper PA-38-112 N469RA

Summary

On 19 September 1999 at about 17:15 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N469RA was involved in an accident near Ozark, Arkansas, 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

19 September 1999 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Ozark, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Frank Lane (NONE)

Coordinates

35.4902, -93.8401

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N469RA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Fort Smith

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW99LA263

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff, which resulted in a runway overrun. A factor was the wet grass runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane struck a fence, fence post, and trees during a runway overrun following an aborted takeoff from a private grass airstrip. The pilot landed the airplane at the private grass airstrip without incident. During the subsequent departure, the airplane was not gaining airspeed, and the takeoff was aborted. According to a drawing submitted by the pilot, the airplane had traveled 1,800 feet down the 2,600-foot airstrip when he aborted the takeoff. The pilot reported that the remaining 800 feet of the grass runway 'had been replanted with new grass and had not been mowed, causing insufficient traction to stop.' The passenger reported that 'due to new, wet grass, the airplane slid' off the end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.