- Date
- September 9, 1979
- Place
- Menomonie, WI · MENOMONIE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6837PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790909031659A
- Case key
- 133072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3238 79/9/9 MENOMONIE,WI PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1526 N6837P PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 897 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAU CLAIRE,WI EAU CLAIRE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6837P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Skyport
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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.