Piper PA-28-151 N6843J

Summary

On 12 June 1999 at about 18:25 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N6843J was involved in an accident near Vincennes, Indiana, United States. One person was 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

12 June 1999 at 18:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Vincennes, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

O'neal (OEA)

Coordinates

38.6705, -87.5100

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N6843J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Indianapolis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99LA182

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the soft field takeoff. Factors associated with the accident were inadequate airspeed and the cable fence which was contacted.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was executing a soft field takeoff when the airplane settled back onto the grass airstrip after lifting off. The airplane became airborne again and veered off the left side of the airstrip where it contacted a cable fence (30 inch high steel pipes with a cable running through them). The airplane came to rest on a northerly heading, 976 feet from the runway end markers at the departure end of runway 27.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.