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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Hudson, MI · September 2, 1979

Date
September 2, 1979 · 18:30 local
Place
Hudson, MI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N54425
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FEC50
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
620 total165 in this make and model187 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.

Pilot attemped takeoff from short strip at gross wt in very marginal conditions. Crashed when acft would not climb.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPED TAKEOFF FROM SHORT STRIP AT GROSS WT IN VERY MARGINAL CONDITIONS.CRASHED WHEN ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB.

NTSB investigation

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