19790728017819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Columbia, MO · July 28, 1979

Date
July 28, 1979 · 16:30 local
Place
Columbia, MO
Airport
Cotton Woods
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N57320
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79DCG65
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
54 total2 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plt elected to abort takeoff, ran off end of rwy into ditch. Factors - density, altitude and misjudgement.

As the FAA filed it

PLT ELECTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF, RAN OFF END OF RWY INTO DITCH. FACTORS - DENSITY, ALTITUDE AND MISJUDGEMENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.