19850614028909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22 · Long Valley, NV · June 14, 1985

Date
June 14, 1985 · 09:50 local
Place
Long Valley, NV
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N843A
Reported as
Piper PA22
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,042 total137 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During attempted takeoff from a rough road the left wing struck a fence. Pilot had landed due to low fuel.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A ROUGH ROAD THE LEFT WING STRUCK A FENCE. PILOT HAD LANDED DUE TO LOW FUEL.