N1608R

On May 31, 2012, a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B (N1608R) was involved in an incident near Lawrence, MA. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion.

After flying for about 40 minutes without incident, the pilot returned to the departure airport to practice touch-and-go landings and takeoffs. The pilot stated that she landed on the 3,900-foot-long runway, as she normally did for a full-stop landing. She retracted the flaps, adjusted the trim, and advanced the throttle. As the airplane lifted off the ground, she became concerned that it was too far down the runway, and too low above the ground, to clear trees that were located beyond the departure end of the runway. She elected to abort the takeoff, and was not able to stop the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane departed the end of the runway, rolled through grass, down an embankment, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its empennage.

This incident is documented in NTSB report ERA12CA377. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N1608R.