19810711040559A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Sundance, WY · July 11, 1981

Date
July 11, 1981 · 09:20 local
Place
Sundance, WY
Airport
Sundance
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N33533
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTC20
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
305 total305 in this make and model10 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 attempted takeoff from high density altitude airport. Hit fence at end of airport and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORT. HIT FENCE AT END OF AIRPORT AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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