ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284375
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| Date: | Sunday 26 August 2007 |
| Time: | 07:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Hagerstown Flying Club |
| Registration: | N15425 |
| MSN: | 28-7305074 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6278 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hagerstown, Indiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hagerstown, IN |
| Indianapolis Regional Airport, IN (KMQJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: 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.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI07CA278
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2022 15:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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