- Date
- October 26, 1969
- Place
- Rushville, IN · RUSHVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5656UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4314 69/10/26 RUSHVILLE,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1634 N5656U PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUSHVILLE,IND INDIANAPOLIS,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM FLD W/GRASS 6INS HIGH,PARTLY UPSLOPE,AFTER EARLIER PRECAUTIONARY LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5656U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5656URegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2007 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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