- Date
- April 9, 1978
- Place
- Marseilles, IL · MARSEILLES, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2563APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780409010899A
- Case key
- 141983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1668 78/4/9 MARSEILLES,IL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 257 TIME - 1100 N2563A PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRAIRIE LK LODGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARSEILLES,IL DEKALB,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- TURNED TOWARD TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2563A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prairie Lk Lodge
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2563A · 1
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