- Date
- April 20, 1965
- Place
- Fredericktown, OH · FREDERICKTOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7552WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0608 65/4/20 FREDERICKTOWN OHI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1800 TIME - 1325 N7552W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7552W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7552WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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