- Date
- August 12, 1979
- Place
- Crown Point, IN · CROWN POINT, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1981TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790812023069A
- Case key
- 134636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2230 79/8/12 CROWN POINT,IN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 610 TIME - 1100 N1981T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 590 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CROWN POINT,IN CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- OWNERS MANUAL STATES FOR SHORT FIELD TKOFS USE 2 NOTCHES OF FLAPS,TKOF ATTEMPTED W 1 NOTCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1981T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private
N1981TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.