- Date
- November 22, 1973
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI · LAKE GENEVA, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1783TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731122037549A
- Case key
- 187637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3373 73/11/22 LAKE GENEVA,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 81 TOTAL TIME - 1419 N1783T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRINKE ESTATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE GENEVA,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- SOFT STRIP APRX 1300FT LONG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1783T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trinke Estate
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.