SUFFOLK, VA, USA
N37MA
PIPER PA-32R-300
DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB THE ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES LOCATED 584 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY. THIS WAS AN INITIAL TEST FLT OF THE ACFT AFTER HAVING THE ENGINE OVERHAULED. THE PLT STATED AT AN ALT OF APRX 50 FT AGL THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE 50 FT ALT WAS REACHED NEAR THE RWY 7/25 INTERSECTION. THIS LEFT APRX 1400 FT OF RWY PLUS A 550 FT OVERRUN AREA REMAINING. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER ACCOMPLISHING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST IT WAS NOTICED THE POWER HAD REDUCED EVEN FURTHER. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED AND THE POWER LINES WERE CONTACTED. TWO WITNESSES STATED THEY HEARD NO POWER INTERRUPTION. ONE OF THESE WITNESSES STATED THE ACFT BOUNCED ON THE RWY DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND THE CLIMB WAS INITIATED LATE. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGNE AND PROPELLER REVEALED NO VISIBLE ABMORNALITIES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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