AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, G-BAKH
Overweight takeoff resulting in forced landing, City Airport, Manchester, 9 September 2017.
Summary:
The aircraft took off above the certified MTOW from a runway with insufficient takeoff distance available for the prevailing conditions. After takeoff it failed to accelerate or climb and in order to miss a set of overhead power lines ahead the pilot made a forced landing with power in a field.
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Published 13 June 2019