- Date
- July 28, 1979
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5028HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790728022329A
- Case key
- 134119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2321 79/7/28 NR.FAIRBANKS,AK PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1300 TIME - 1130 N5028H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK UPPER SALCHA RVR,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ACFT WING STRUCK WILLOW BUSH WHICH TURNED ACFT INTO A DOWNED TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5028H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5028HRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 2018 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C90 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5028H · 2
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