HASTINGS, FL, USA
N4647F
PIPER PA-32R-300
THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST LIFTED FROM THE 2300 FT WET GRASS STRIP, WHERE HE ESTIMATED THE GRASS TO BE ABOUT 6 IN TO 1 FT HIGH, WHEN HE SUSTAINED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. THE ACFT STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AT THE END OF THE RWY & SHEARED THE GEAR. AIR TEMP IN THE AREA WAS 96 DEGS, THE ELEV 25 FT & THE WINDS LIGHT. THE PLT STATED HE WAS 'NOT REAL COMFORTABLE' WITH THE CONDITIONS. A WITNESS STATED THE PLT DID NOT USE ALL THE RWY & OVERROTATED DRAGGING THE TAIL. THE PLT STATED HE USED FLAPS AS STATED IN FLT HANDBOOK. A POST CRASH EXAM OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS REVEALED NO GROUND DAMAGE. THE ACFT'S ENGINE WAS TEST RUN SATISFACTORILY AFTER THE ACCIDENT & THE ENGINE PERFORMED WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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