- Date
- November 23, 1976
- Place
- Keens, IL · KEENS, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8971WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761123037779A
- Case key
- 156413
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3461 76/11/23 KEENS,IL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 303 TIME - 1615 N8971W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEENS,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- 1056 FT STRIP WITH CORN & WHEAT STUBBLE APRX 4 IN HI.TKOF DIST HARD SURFACE,50 FT OBST,1125FT RQRD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8971W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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