Piper PA-28-140 N6674W

Summary

On 30 June 2013 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6674W, operated by Michael J. Magee, was involved in an accident near Climax Springs, Missouri, 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

30 June 2013 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Climax Springs, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Miller Airport (MO99)

Coordinates

38.1164, -93.0769

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6674W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Michael J. Magee

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Climax Springs → Gardner

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13CA386

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate planning and poor decision to attempt to take off on a runway from which the airplane could not obtain flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The day prior to the accident flight, the pilot landed at the private grass airstrip that was no longer maintained. The airstrip had a 2,600 foot long runway with 2- to 3-feet tall grass the length of the runway. On the day of the accident flight, the pilot twice attempted to depart the overgrown runway using a “short-field” takeoff technique. During the first takeoff, he exceeded his predetermined “No-Go” point on the runway and aborted the takeoff. On the second takeoff, the airplane attained 60 to 65 mph and lifted off the ground, but settled back on the runway past the “No-Go” point. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane before it went off the end of the runway and impacted trees. The pilot reported that there was no malfunction or system failure of the airplane before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.