- Date
- September 2, 1973
- Place
- Atwood, IL · ATWOOD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2451APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730902029889A
- Case key
- 188367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3087 73/9/2 ATWOOD,ILL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N2451A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COOCH RLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATWOOD,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- STRUCK CORN ABT 125FT N OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2451A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cooch Rla
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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.