NTSB Identification: WPR13LA154
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, March 18, 2013 in Hillsboro, OR
Aircraft: PIPER PA-23-250, registration: N318CA
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On March 18, 2013, about 1515 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N318CA, departed the end of the runway following a rejected takeoff from Stark's Twin Oaks Airpark, Hillsboro, Oregon. The airplane was registered to Twin Oaks Airpark, Inc., and operated by the pilot as a local instructional flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight instructor and private pilot undergoing instruction, were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wing spars and the forward fuselage structure during the accident sequence. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The flight was to be the private pilot’s first multi-engine lesson. He reported performing an uneventful preflight check and run-up, which included a check of the foot brakes, and a confirmation that the door was closed and locked. He positioned the airplane at the end of the runway, and applied full engine power. Once the airplane approached 80 mph, and just prior to rotation, the door opened. The flight instructor called for the pilot to abort the takeoff, and he subsequently reduced engine power to idle, and applied heavy pressure on the brakes. The airplane began to decelerate, however, a few seconds later the braking effectiveness dissipated, despite his continued application of brake pressure. The airplane subsequently overran the runway, coming to rest in a ditch.
The airplane was not equipped with foot brakes on the right side, which was occupied by the flight instructor.
A plane traveled off the runway and went over an embankment Monday afternoon at Twin Oaks Airpark near Hillsboro, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. No one was injured.
No one was injured when a pilot under instruction crashed a plane after taking off at Twin Oaks Airpark Monday afternoon, the Washington County Sheriff's Office reported.
About 4 p.m., deputies responded to the airpark, located at 12405 S.W. River Road, after receiving a report of a plane that went off the end of the runway, said Sgt. Bob Ray, sheriff's office spokesman. When deputies arrived, they learned the pilot, whom they identified as Lars Ljungqvist, 26, of Gaston, was learning to fly a new type of aircraft at the time of the incident.
Ray said Kathleen Mikitka, 42, of Hillsboro, was teaching Ljungqvist – who has a single-engine pilot license – to fly a multi-engine plane. During takeoff, the aircraft door became ajar, and Mikitka reportedly told Ljungqvist to stop the flight.
Ljungqvist was not able to stop the 1965 Piper PA-23-250 Aztec before going off the end of the runway, Ray said. The plane went over an embankment and its nose and engine struck the ground. The aircraft then came to a rest about 30 feet away from the Tualatin River.
The plane, which belongs to Twin Oaks Airpark, was a total loss, Ray said. Its engine was damaged and a wing was severed.
The Federal Aviation Administration responded and is continuing to investigate.
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