- Date
- April 26, 1973
- Place
- Boyceville, WI · BOYCEVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8440RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730426015099A
- Case key
- 190399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1344 73/4/26 BOYCEVILLE,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 550 TIME - 1745 N8440R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOYCEVILLE MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOYCEVILLE,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- AFTR L/O ACFT SETTLED BACK TOWARDS THE GND AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8440R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boyceville Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.