- Date
- September 28, 1968
- Place
- Bellevue, MI · BELLEVUE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3721PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3237 68/9/28 BELLEVUE,MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N3721P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM UNIMPROVED STRIP. GRASS 4 IN HIGH,PHONE WIRES AT END OF RNWY. ACFT STRUCK BRUSH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3721P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Springport