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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA22 · Alexander, ME · August 15, 1979

Date
August 15, 1979 · 14:50 local
Place
Alexander, ME
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1437C
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79DNC79
Reported as
Piper PA22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
882 total882 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Pilot took off downhill, downwind. Rotated too early, then settled back into trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF DOWNHILL, DOWNWIND. ROTATED TOO EARLY, THEN SETTLED BACK INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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