- Date
- April 1, 1978
- Place
- Monticello, IN · MONTICELLO, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8065CPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780401008299I
- Case key
- 142118
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1835 78/4/1 NR.MONTICELLO,IN PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N8065C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTICELLO,IN CLEVELAND,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8065C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- White County
N8065CRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.