Piper PA-32R-300 N38709

Summary

On 13 June 2002 at about 15:00 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N38709 was involved in an accident near Beaumont, Kansas, United States. 3 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

13 June 2002 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Beaumont, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Beaumont Hotel (SN07)

Coordinates

37.6698, -96.5506

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N38709

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaumont → Eureka

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI02LA162

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his failure to abort the takeoff when he realized the aircraft was not accelerating as expected. The wet and muddy turf runway was a contributing factor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged following an impact with trees on takeoff from a wet and muddy grass airstrip. The pilot stated that it had rained the day and night before the accident. The pilot reported that the airplane did not reach rotation speed by the end of the runway and that he should have aborted takeoff after realizing the aircraft was too slow for liftoff. No anomolies with respect to the airframe, powerplant, or systems were determined to have existed prior to impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.