TROY, MI, USA
N32387
PIPER PA-28-140
WHILE THE PLT WAS USING SHORT FIELD TECHNIQUES FOR TAKEOFF, THE ACFT LIFTED OFF INTO GROUND EFFECT. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE PLT THOUGHT THERE WAS A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. HE STATED, 'AFTER PERCEIVING A PARTIAL POWER LOSS WHICH WAS ACCOMPANIED WITH A LOSS IN AIRSPEED AND SOME SLIGHT SETTLING OF THE AIRPLANE . . . , A DECISION WAS MADE TO ABORT.' AFTER TOUCH- DOWN, HE APPLIED FULL BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY WHICH WAS WET. THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE END, WENT THRU A FENCE & STRUCK AN UNOCCUPIED, PARKED CAR. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT & ENG REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. APRX 10 MI ESE AT DETROIT, THE 1955 EDT WX WAS: 4000' BRKN, VIS 10, WIND 330 DEG AT 3 KTS, TEMP 71, DEW POINT 58, ALTIMETER 30.02' HG.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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