- Date
- July 8, 1978
- Place
- Lakewood, WI · LAKEWOOD, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5524FPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780708022709A
- Case key
- 140667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2132 78/7/8 LAKEWOOD,WI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 458 TIME - 1500 N5524F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEWOOD COUNTRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKEWOOD,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5524F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakewood Country
N5524FRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2023 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5524F · 1
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