- Date
- July 27, 1968
- Place
- Hebron, KY · HEBRON, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7326WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2508 68/7/27 HEBRON,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 270 TIME - 1210 N7326W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- T/O FROM SHORT PASTURE,GRASS 10 IN HIGH. EARLIER PRECAUTIONARY LNDG DUE WEA,HEAVY RAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7326W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7326WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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