FAA incident report · Piper PA32R300 · Wheeling, IL · August 6, 1982
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.
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Struck trees on climbout from short runway. Circled and landed. Believed tower said 3100 in place of 2100 feet.
STRUCK TREES ON CLIMBOUT FROM SHORT RUNWAY. CIRCLED AND LANDED. BELIEVED TOWER SAID 3100 IN PLACE OF 2100 FEET.