- Date
- March 14, 1971
- Place
- Kendallville, IN · KENDALLVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5658UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0115 71/3/14 KENDALLVILLE,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 151 TIME - 1315 N5658U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENDALLVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENDALLVILLE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- OBSVD ABT 30-40FT ABV RWY,NOSE HI.ACFT DSCNDD TO RWY,BOUNCED BECAME AIRBORNE,HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5658U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kendallville
N5658URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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