- Date
- August 30, 1972
- Place
- Danville, IN · DANVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6541JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3913 72/8/30 DANVILLE,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 2500 TIME - 1540 N6541J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENWOOD,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- MOWED STRIP THRU HAY FLD,ROLLING,ROUGH.HIT KNOLL,DRIFTED INTO HAY.CONTINUED TKOF,HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6541J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Strip
N6541JRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6541J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.