ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144485
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| Date: | Sunday 18 March 2012 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II |
| Owner/operator: | Stuart Flying Llc |
| Registration: | N158EA |
| MSN: | 28-8016210 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13828 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Feutz Airport - MO88, Hatton, Audrain County, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mexico, MO (MYK) |
| Mexico, MO (M088) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and his wife were departing from a 2,600-foot, soft, grass strip with a quartering right tailwind. The grass height on the runway was between 6 and 10 inches high. The airplane departed about 1,900 feet down the runway, veered to the left, stalled, and collided with trees before it came to rest in a field. Interpolation of available takeoff performance revealed that the airplane would have needed about 2,312 feet of ground-roll distance for a successful takeoff from a paved, level, dry runway, with zero flaps, under the existing wind conditions. No mechanical deficiencies were found with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent collision with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inadequate preflight performance planning before departing on the soft, grass field with a quartering tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2012 03:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Mar-2012 04:18 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2012 08:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2012 08:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 27-Mar-2012 19:56 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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