- Date
- September 14, 1980
- Place
- Morehead, KY · MOREHEAD, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6481WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800914041379A
- Case key
- 128876
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2398 80/9/14 MOREHEAD,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 74 TOTAL TIME - 2108 N6481W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOREHEAD-ROWAN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOREHEAD,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT REMARKS- LNDG LGT INOP.OBSD IN STEEP CLB ON DARK NGT TO APRX 200FT AGL,THEN DSNDD IN STEEP L BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6481W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morehead-Rowan Co
N6481WRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6481W · 1
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