Piper PA-28-180 N7942W

Summary

On 7 May 1999 at about 18:50 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7942W, operated by Garland Brothers, LLC, was involved in an accident near Burlington, Wyoming, 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

7 May 1999 at 18:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Burlington, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

44.4409, -108.4292

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7942W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Garland Brothers, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Gillette

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

DEN99LA074

Nobody was injured.

The pilots' inadequate preflight planning for take off in that he failed to consider the takeoff surface not being a paved surface. A factor was loose material on the roadway used for take off.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Landing was made on a 1,300 compacted used asphalt surfaced road. Approximately one half the distance was used for the landing and the pilot said he thought he could take off safely because of his landing distance and because he had half fuel and was alone in the aircraft. He rotated the aircraft for take off as he was running out of road on his takeoff roll. The aircraft struck a fence with the landing gear and then impacted into a tractor severing the left wing. The aircraft slid to a stop in a farm field. There was no fire. Calculated performance provided information that on a paved surface the takeoff roll flaps up was 1,250 feet and with 25 flaps 1,150 feet. Density altitude was approximately 6,000 feet msl.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.