- Date
- April 6, 1975
- Place
- Bay City, MI · BAY CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8304RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750406008719A
- Case key
- 148255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0711 75/4/6 BAY CITY,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 193 TIME - 1145 N8304R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAMES CLEMENTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAY CITY,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- PARKING BRAKE IN FIRST LATCH POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8304R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- James Clements
N8304RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8304R · 1
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