ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 132155
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Date: | Tuesday 7 December 1993 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Piper PA-46-310P Malibu |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4391C |
MSN: | 46-8508053 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Fort Myers-Page Field, FL (FMY/KFMY) |
Destination airport: | Miami Executive Airport, FL (TMB/KTMB) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On December 7, 1993, about 1530, eastern standard time, N4391C, a Piper PA-46-301P, registered to Daniel G. Maloney crashed on takeoff attempt at Fort Myers, Florida, while initiating a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot and four passengers reported minor injuries. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
The pilot stated that he was attempting to take off on a 2,700-foot sod runway and hit a soft spot about half way on the takeoff roll. He stated he did not abort the takeoff but continued. As the airplane lifted off, both wings hit trees and the airplane fell to the ground and burst into flames. The pilot and all the passengers evacuated the airplane immediately without receiving thermal injuries.
PROBABLE CAUSE:THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE SOFT CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE.
Sources:
NTSB id 20001211X13894
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
20-Dec-2021 17:25 |
harro |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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