Piper PA28RT N42JA

Summary

On 12 June 2016 at about 23:31 local time, a Piper PA28RT registered N42JA was involved in an accident near Taylorsville, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 June 2016 at 23:31

Classification

Accident

Location

Taylorsville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Little Mount Intl (7KY3)

Coordinates

38.0722, -85.2339

Aircraft

Piper PA28RT

Registration

N42JA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Taylorsville → Bardstown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA16LA212

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's improper decision to continue a takeoff with a partial loss of engine power that occurred early in the takeoff roll. The reason for the partial loss of engine power could not be determined because postaccident fire damage to the engine precluded an examination.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial pilot was attempting to take off from a 1,750-ft-long tall grass runway with a 4-knot tailwind. About one-quarter of the way down the runway, a witness heard the engine sputtering and observed that the airplane seemed slow. The witness radioed the pilot and asked him if he was going to reject the takeoff, but the pilot did not respond. The airplane rotated and climbed briefly, then descended and impacted downward-sloping terrain about 500 ft below and 250 yards beyond the departure end of the runway. The airplane came to rest inverted in a wooded area and was mostly consumed by a postcrash fire, the damage from which precluded an engine examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.