- Date
- October 17, 1980
- Place
- Simeonof Is, AK · SIMEONOF IS, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4081SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1744 80/10/17 SIMEONOF IS,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1068 TIME - 1400 N4081S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIMEONOF IS,AK SAND POINT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF FM 900FT BEACH W 800LBS OF CARGO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4081S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4081SRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N4081S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN24LA342Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportCrystal, MNThe failure of the engine mount under normal operating loads due to the fracture of a vertical tube that was weakened by corrosion and fatigue of the internal surfaces.NTSB NYC78DHA13Accident · No injuriesClosedE. Stroudsburg, PA