- Date
- September 2, 1971
- Place
- Homer, AK · HOMER, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4200HPiper PA-14
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163327
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4288 71/9/2 HOMER,ALAS PIPER PA-14 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0700 N4200H PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 24, 3801 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 825 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- DRG TKOF FROM 800FT STRIP TAIL DRAGGED THRU SMALL BRUSH AT END-JAMMED ELEV.LNDD ON UNIMPROVED TRRN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4200H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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