19800914041379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Morehead, KY · September 14, 1980

Date
September 14, 1980 · 21:08 local
Place
Morehead, KY
Airport
Morehead/Rowan
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6481W
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FLQ28
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
75 total75 in this make and model13 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.

Entered nose high steep turn on initial climb from takeoff. Stalled, struck trees off end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED NOSE HIGH STEEP TURN ON INITIAL CLIMB FROM TAKEOFF. STALLED, STRUCK TREES OFF END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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