- Date
- July 18, 1968
- Place
- Trout Lake, MI · TROUT LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5486PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2330 68/7/18 TROUT LAKE,MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 235 TIME - 1345 N5486P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- T/O FROM NARROW,SOFT STRIP OF MARGINAL LENGTH. PLT ABORTED,UNABLE TO CLEAR HIGH TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5486P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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