Piper PA-28-180 N15425

Summary

On 26 August 2007 at about 13:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N15425 was involved in an accident near Hagerstown, Indiana, 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

26 August 2007 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hagerstown, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

40.2472, -85.1722

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N15425

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hagerstown → Indianapolis

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA278

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's use of an unsuitable runway for takeoff and delayed aborted takeoff. Factors were the wet grass and the fence the airplane impacted and subsequently nosed over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane impacted a fence and nosed over during an aborted takeoff from runway 20 (4,000 feet by 200 feet, wet grass). The pilot stated, "It was 8:00 AM the grass was a little tall and covered with heavy dew. I did not feel that the plane was accelerating like I thought that it should." The pilot reported that about halfway down the runway the airplane lifted "slightly off the turf, then settled back down" and headed left of the centerline. The pilot said that the airplane "slid on the wet grass, struck a steel farm fence, and nosed over ... in a soybean field." The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.