- Date
- July 28, 1973
- Place
- Wautoma, WI · WAUTOMA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1658JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730728023469A
- Case key
- 189308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2343 73/7/28 WAUTOMA,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 57, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1525 N1658J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUTOMA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUTOMA,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BECAME AIRBORNE EARLY,PLT CUT POWER.ACFT OBS IN STEEP CLIMB TO STALL,PWR ON.GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1658J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wautoma
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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.