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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Chapel Hill, NC · June 5, 1981

Date
June 5, 1981 · 09:20 local
Place
Chapel Hill, NC
Airport
Horace Williams
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4414A
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FA080
Reported as
Piper PA22150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
226 total163 in this make and model55 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.

Aircraft was observed after takeoff in steep climb. It then stalled and spun into ground.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AFTER TAKEOFF IN STEEP CLIMB. IT THEN STALLED AND SPUN INTO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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