- Date
- September 1, 1969
- Place
- Sidney, OH · SIDNEY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6868KPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3836 69/9/1 SIDNEY,OHIO PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N6868K PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 2466 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 40 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- ROLLING FARM FLD APRX 1584FT LONG WITH ABT 10 DEGREE UPGRADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6868K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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