- Date
- August 12, 1969
- Place
- Valley City, OH · VALLEY CITY, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7119PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3556 69/8/12 VALLEY CITY,OHIO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 250 TIME - 0715 N7119P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DON HELMICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALLEY CITY,OHIO QUEBEC,CANADA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT ADJUSTED PROP PITCH TO A THRUST BLO THAT REQUIRED TO CLIMB AND CLEAR OBSTACLES DURING TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7119P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Don Helmick
N7119PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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