- Date
- November 6, 1966
- Place
- Battle Creek, MI · BATTLE CREEK, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6639WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3622 66/11/6 BATTLE CREEK MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N6639W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, NOT INSTRUMENT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WK KELLOGG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT INTO GROUND.10 KT QUARTERING HEAD WIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6639W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wk Kellogg